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1. Introduction: Hello everybody. Welcome
to this new course. I'm delighted that
you've decided to join me today for
this new course. Today, we will be looking
at what I consider the most important part of
learning to speak French, and it's the conjugation. Therefore, all the
different tenses in French. Let's have a look at the
different topics of the course. First of all, this course
is for all levels. However, some tenses might be aiming for more
advanced level. I have color coded the tenses. You have for beginner, intermediate and advanced level. Let's have a look at what
we're going to learn. We're going to look at
the simple present, continuous present, gerd
and present pasticiple, the imperative, the
immediate past, the imperfect, the plu
perfect, the near future. Then for intermediate label, I have put the simple future, the future perfect, the present conditional,
the past conditional. Then for more advanced level, you have the present
subjunctive, the past subjunctive, the simple past, and
the past anterior. You have a class
project at the end of it and also for each tense, we will look at the
use of the tense. We're going to look
at the ER verb, we're going to look
at the IR verbs, and we're going to
look at the verbs. Also I added 12 irregular verbs, so you have a good
general knowledge of the conjugation for
each of these part. I always tell my student
that the French conjugation is 70 to 80% of
learning this language. I don't think you can speak the language properly
if you don't learn it. When you think about
it, 70 to 80%, it's just amazing with just one subject to
learn the conjugation. My best advice is to learn this by heart or as
much as possible. Because whatever is
left to learn in French for you will be easy
compared to this. This is really, really
important in French. Take your time to
understand each tense to then learn
the next one. One last advice
before we start would be to learn it the French way. Do not compare it to
your own language, learn the conjugation
as we do it in French. So let's have a look at all the French tenses.
Let's get started.
2. The Simple Present: Now we're going to start with what we call the simple present. When do we use the
simple present? You can use it for events
that are happening now. For example, you can say, Ju mange my soup,
I'm eating my soup. It's something that
you're currently doing. Then you can also use
it for things that we usually do on a daily
basis, for instance. For example, Juve
travail, I go to work. It's something that you
usually do every day, you can use the simple
present for this. Also, you can use it for things that rarely
change or facts. For example, JesuiFran
says, I am French. It's a fact, that's it. You can use the simple present. So first, we're going to
look at the Ea verbs, but I want to clarify something. In French, we divide the verbs in four groups
or more likely three, but you can count them at four. You've got the Ea
verb, the verb, and the Reverb, and then the irregular would
be the fourth group. So the irregular verb, they are the verbs that are
slightly different from the first three groups in the way that they
are conjugated. So the AR verbs, they have their own
way to be conjugated. The IR verb, they have their
own way to be conjugated. OE verb, they have their
own way to be conjugated. And then the irregular verb, they have their own way as well. So you just need to learn it per group. That's the point of it. That's where we're going to
look at it per each group. So let's have a look
at the ar verb. What I mean by R verb, it's basically the
ending of the verbs. I've put some example of verbs, parle to speak, parte to
carry, march to walk. You can see they all
have in common that ending in ER and that's
how you recognize them. So now that we have
this group of, we can look, how do
we conjugate them? What do we do? You
have your pronoun. In English, they mean
I U as a singular. He, as a singular. When I say as a singular, it still means a group of people, but it's conjugated
as a singular. Nu, which means we as a plural, U as a plural, and there. If you've got any doubts
about the pronouns, I've got another
course about pronoun. Check this course
first so you can then understand the conjugation
with those pronouns. We have all of our pronouns. Then what do we do? We use
the verb that we have found. I've taken the example
of to speak parle. What you do is you remove
the ER, the ending. We left with par par. You add P for each one. And then what you do is
you add a new ending. For J, you will add the EF two, you will add ES. For, you will add E, for u, you will add O and S, for, you would add
E and for plural, you would use E and
T, and that's it. You just need to
learn, we take off the ending ER and we add those new ending and you
just learn them by heart. That's it. At the
end, what do we get? If you want to say, I speak, you say Ju Parle
you speak to par, he or she we speak we speak you as a plural
parle finally, the parle. Be careful ENT or S. You don't pronounce the NT or the S. It's something that I've heard a lot when people
learn the conjugation, they try to make sure we hear the ending, but you
don't need to do that. It's just the way it's written. It's more written form than the way it sounds.
Be really careful. I'm just going to repeat all of them par par. Now we're going
to have a look at some verb that they end in ER, but because they've got a
bit of a different ending, they've got just a little twist to it when you conjugate them. They're just a couple, but
it's good to learn them. When you have verbs that
end in C. They've got to C. I've put an example. I've taken the verb to
force, which is in French, for C, they exactly the same as what we've just learned for
the ER, except for plural. The only difference is the
C for this one changes in C with the little tail under. If you don't know why
we're doing this, you need to watch my
pronunciation course because it's linked
to pronunciation. When you have C plus A or U, the sound is C. But if
it's C with DA hotel, the sound changes and becomes and that's why we want because if
you look at I force, you force he forces. We say Ju force to force force. We've got that sound and we don't want it to
disappear for just one. That's why we add Di hotel, so we keep the same sound. We force Nu foxun that's
where we put that. If we would have left the C, he would have sound as u foco because the sun would be
c. That's the leo trich. It's just for height sounds. Then it comes back
the same force force. Because it's in front of E,
it descends automatically. Now we have verbs
ending in J. GER, and it's similar to
what we've just, is just a little twist. For Nu plural exactly
the same thing because it's in front of an O, the sound would change. We add a little E to
keep the same sound. If I tell you the first
three, mange mange, mange. I eat, et, O, et. We've got that sound. But if we would have
kept it the same way, the G and the O, they would have sounded un
gong. And we don't want that. It's the same thing.
We want to keep that sound for all of them. For this, we add
an E because then the sound just changes
and it does j. Then it comes back
to why what mange. As you can see, just a
little twist for the nu. Now, if you've got a
verb that has the E with the acute accent plus
then the ending in ER, there's a little
twist to it as well. I've taken the verb
prefer to prefer. As you can see, just
before the ending, we've got that E with
the acute accent. And when you pronounce it, it changes the sound. Instead of keeping the verb
with the acute accent, it changes with
the grave accent. You say for the first
one, I prefer you prefer, he prefers prefer to prefer. I prefer it's because of the vowel that just after
the sound would change. As you can see for and U, they don't change because
it sounds purest for the I. If I was trying to keep it
how it is and not change it, it would sound I can't even say it because
it's too difficult, prefer. It doesn't sound right.
That's why we change it. JPrefa so much easier to pronounce. Be
careful for this one. Just a little twist with the
accent and with the sound. The next one is for verb that ends in ER, like
what we've seen. This one is for verb
that end in UT. What happens is you just
need to double the letters L and T. After an example, which is to cool, you must have seen this
one, especially when you saying Juapel and
then your name. It's very common
one. I think it's maybe the first verb that
you would learn in French. If we look at it, Something
because it's an E, you need to double the letter. For Uh we singular and there you have to
double the letter. For instance, with
the first one, Japel ap pll and
the last one peel. It's all about the
pronunciation. You can hear the
dams doing Japel. I'm forcing it, it's
really for you to hear it. Jael. We don't need
it for nu and aa. It's more than a. It's not as strong. That's why you need
to do. You just need to double the letter. The rule applies if it's
you would do the same. You double the T
for the same one. The next one is for verbs
that ends in a y, y. So what happens is
the Y becomes an I. You just change the letter. So I've taken the example
of pay ye to pay. So what I've done is when we take the verb
without the ending, instead of taking
Pay, you put Pai, you replace the Y by I for the first three
and the last one. If you say pa up he pays, I pa pa, he pays. And you would say JPP IP. But for Nuvu because you
need the sand we left to Yu Pepe last one you
don't need it, IP. It's all about high sounds and that's why it's
written that way. Finally, we're going to have
a look now at the IR verbs. Those verb that end
in R after a couple of examples finer to finish, Azure to act, R
pleur to fill up. And I've used Finia to
finish as an example. It's the same principle of
what we've seen with ER. You've got your pronoun,
you know them by heart. Then you have your verb. You take the ending, the IR ending away, you end up with in
fin for all of them, and you add a new ending. For I, it's going to be Is UST, U, there is and then you put them together and you've got your conjugated verb. To say, I finish uin. Careful, don't pronounce
thes at the end. You finish Tufini something, do not pronounce
thes at the end. He she a singular finishes don't pronounce the We
finish you finish, as a peruse finally finish, the finish. Il finish. That's it. You just find out if it's an IA verb
and it's regular, always remember it needs
to be regular and you put them together and you
have your conjugated verb. Now we're going to look at the RE verbs. The ending is RE. I've put some
examples and to sell, pond to answer, at tend to wait. It's exactly the
same as well we've seen. You get your pronoun. You take the RE ending, we end up with I've taken
Vendor to cell as an example. We've got there
with a DR ending. You learn new ending. For I is just an S, U, something an S, and that one is
really easy for E, she, there's nothing, you don't change it. That's
very easy this one. For, it's ands plural, remember, and the E and and then the same
thing as we've done before, you add them together. I sell care don't
pronounce the yes. You sell to don't
pronounce the yes. It's just a written form to
know what it is when you write you know which
tense it is because of the written form, but
you don't pronounce it. L he or she sells. We sell. You sell vende. The cell I Vande. Now, I've chosen
12 irregular verbs that are considered essential
to learn in French, you're going to see
them all the time. So it's better for you
to just learn those by heart because it will make it easier for you
when you speak French. The verbs are avoir to have, you're literally going to
use that for anything. Etre to be someone, those two just learn
them by heart. There's just no way
to get around them. You just need to
learn them by heart. They're very important.
A to go, fair to do, Duvoir which in English
would be must, pouvoir, which is an English
when you use can, or it could be to be
able to sometimes. Voir to want Voner to come, matre to put dear to se prendre to take and
Sartier to go out. That's the irregular
verb that I've chosen. Remember, there's not only
12 irregular verb in French. There's many more, but I can't do all of
them because honestly, this course would last forever. I've really put the main one that I think if
you've got those one, you've got a good knowledge or what you need
to use in French. Let's have a look at them
because they're different. Let's have a look why
they're different. So we're going to start
with AvoiTH as you can see, literally, avoir, it
doesn't follow any of the rules that we've
seen with ER IRR. It's just different. You
just learn it by heart. If you want to say, I have, you have I has we have
you have they have, you just learn it like
that in French. JZun. And that's it. Just
learn them like that. I'm just going
to repeat them. Ja. Now let's have a look at B, et very similar to Avoi. It's literally different
from anything we've seen. You just need to
learn it by heart. I am Ju You to A. He is we are oust. They are son. I will be emphasizing
this the whole course. There's no other way in French than learning them by heart. Just son. The next one is A to go,
completely different. It's actually not
completely different. When you look at it, if you
really want to understand it, you can see that no and they actually follow the
rule that we've seen. They kept the verb with add R and adding
the right ending. But the problem with
this verb is Ju to and El pur they're
completely different. That's why it's an irregular. You're going to see
some irregular. They follow the
rule a little bit, and then they change
for a couple. That's why we put
them irregular. So Al, I go Juve you go. He goes, va. We goal you go pluralseVg I repeat it. Java Ivo. Now let's have a look at the
rest of the irregular verb. I do, of, you do Tufa he does. We do u fuzzine they do. I want to add something on
this one for Nu fuzzin. Be very careful of the
pronunciation because usually Ai is F or you can see F
for whatever reason, the pronunciation is different
and does A for uuu fzon. That's not the right
pronunciation. Fuzzin. So very very
important, remember this one. Devi, which would be must,
I must do something. Jo Diu doili don a pouvoir can some principle,
you just learn them. PPP, il. Next one is Vi tout v. Vier to come to vent to put meme. Careful with those two. You don't and me tome Illme
Smeing don't pronounce dot Imet and finally, let's have a look at the
last three irregular verbs, D D ddd dis Pn is to take J P to P P. Therefore, do not
pronounce the D and the S or the DP sounds like that. It's something that I
know I mentioned a lot, but when you're going
to speak French, if you don't make that mistake, straight away, you will
sound more French. Like people we see that your
level of French is better. There's no doubt about it. If you get it right like
that straight away, it shows a better
level of French. So I'm going to take it
back from the start. Up. The last one is stir to go out. Just to sus sort us sort, sort. For conjugating the
simple present in French, you have your pronoun, then you use the verb without the ending, which is either ER, R or, you just remove it, and then you add the new added ending
that you've learned. Then you've got it. That's it. The verbs conjugated. However, we've got
some irregular verb. We've seen 12 of them and you need to learn
those by heart. There's no way around it. That's the way it is. But once
you know that, that's it. You've got a present,
which means you can talk about a lot of
things in French already. You can just talk about what
you're doing at the minute, about facts, about
thing you usually do. It's already quite
a large amount of things that you
can say in French. My advice is to really,
really work on that, choose a verb every day, and just try, just learn it. Just say, I'm going to
conjugate this verb to death. Let me give you an
example. I walk. Today, I'm going to learn to say to use the verb,
I walk in French. Jars march, il march no
march march il march. That's one verb and
you've practiced it. Every day, choose a verb
like that ando one, something you actually
doing at the minute. Listening, you're
listening to the course. Judd. The more you do that, the
more the more you do that. It's going to be just so simple to speak with
the simple present. I hope that will make sense
and leave me a comment. If you've got any
question, I'm here to help you and then we can move on
to the next steps. Thank you.
3. The Continuous Present: Now let's have a look
at another presentense, which is called the
continuous present. So when do we use it? Well, you use it
when you want to emphasize something
that is happening or that more likely something that is in the process of or
that you currently doing. So for instance, at the minute, I'm speaking, it's something
that is happening right now. That's when we will use
the continuous present in French. But how
do we create that? I'm going to show you it's actually a lot easier than what we've seen
with the simple present. The good thing about it is that you're going to
need a simple present, but it's very easy.
Let's have a look. How do you do it? Same principle, we've got a pronoun that we
have seen before, I singular, he, we
singular in French. Remember, we plural,
plural, there. We've got a pronoun.
Then what do we do? Well, you need to be etre
in the simple present. It's great because we've
just basically learned that the Sui Vost s that's it. That's literally the only thing that you need to learn by heart. That's it. That's the
only conjugation you need for this tense. Then what do you
add? You add en tren D. It means currently
in the process of, that's how we translate
it literally. You add this, the same, you don't change it, and
then you add your verb, but you add your verb unchanged. If you know your
verb, for instance, you speak, parle that's it. You've got it. You just add it. To finish, Pina, to
sell n to go out, Sirt. I've put an example for
the ERRA irregular verb. You've got an example
for all of them. But literally works
with any verb. If you want to say,
I am speaking. I'm currently speaking
Jussie Du Paris. You're currently
finishing your homework to entren D Fin de
Di your homework. It's that simple. We're
going to do all of them. He's selling his car. He's
currently selling his car, he's outside, he's
selling his car. Is Entren D Vendre savour. We're currently going out at the door, we
currently going out. Nous son Entren D Sartre. Another example. You
currently speaking. You currently speaking over
the TV. I can't hear the TV. Vous entren D Paren Pari
Jen Paris Television. Last one. They're
finishing their dinner. They're eating, you can
see them at the table, they finish the dinner. Is entren D Lar din. I think this tense is really, really useful with on top of it a simple
present that we have seen because it literally makes you have all the tools to
speak in the present. It's very simple.
You just need to learn one conjugated
verb, which is to be, and then you can use it for any verb that you just need
to learn the verb obviously, you need to know how to
speak to finish, to sell. But once you've
got it, that's it. This one is the same thing as what said for the other tens. Practice it, choose a verb, or at a minute you're
doing something. I don't know. I'm
meeting an app. How do I say that in
French or let's remember Jusui tren de Manger that's
it. That's how you practice. Keep using verb and choosing verb and
practice it like that. That's why I had to explain
about the continuous present. If you have any questions, feel free to leave
a comment below, and I'll be happy to answer it. We can move on to the
next tense. Thank you.
4. Gerund & Present Participle: Now we're going
to have a look at the geront and the
present participle. I've separated the gerund
and the present participle. Although they really similar, there's a little twist to them, so that's why I've
separated them so you can understand it.
When do we use it? Well, literally, it is a verb
acting at the same time as the main verb and the gerund
is related to the noun. First, I'm going to
show you how it works. For the EA verb, what you do is you remove the
ending as we were doing and you add A
and If it's an verb, you do the same thinging but
you add I double has at. If it's an Reverb, something, you keep the verb without the ending and you
add a new ending, A and so that's why
I just explained, a verb with no adding plus NT
or if it's a verb, Is a NT. I'll give you an example of a sentence if you
understand when we use it. The sentence in French is sartan Dui Obli that means
going out of his place, he forgot his kits. It's the ING that you
would use in English. When I explained that it's a verb acting at the same time as the main verb is the action
is the fact that you forgot your keys and the verb
is acting at the same time you going out of the place
and it relates to the person. I've also added the
irregular verb. Some of them are irregular and some are regular
in that case. I've added all of them
so you can actually see avoir e t. A, A. Fair, Fuso. Pronunciation. Careful fuzo, not fuzzleFz it's an exception
for the pronunciation. Do voir Vernon proartier sartan. As you can see,
avoid, they regular. If you look at Sartier or metre, they're actually
regular in that case. I was just good to compare them. Now we're going
to have a look at the present participant. Same thing, use it. The verb is acting at the same
time as the main verb. The difference is, it's related to the verb,
not to the noun. If you look at it, it's exactly the same as
what we've seen. The only difference is you
add before. That's it. So it's plus the verb with no
ending plus ANT or Is a NT, if it's an IA verb. I've put an example. JV Pierre Mon Jean
Anvill In English, you would say, I saw Peter
while eating in town. In English, you would say
plus a verb plus ING. I've added the irregular verb, exactly the same as
what we've just seen. The only difference
is that you add on before non ton, non, fuzant douvnt, Provo,
voulonven metan, disanPsorto. Now you've seen the geront
and the present participle.
5. The Imperative: We're going to have a
look at the imperative. When do you use the
imperative in French? Well, you use it
when you want to give an order or command. After a couple of example, Vali go to bed, Rovi Duma, come back tomorrow, Danza Marie, give that to Marie. Also with this stance, you only need, we, and pro for this
exactly like in English and you do not need to use the pronouns just
as a reference. Let's have a look
at how we do that. For the ER verb, it's simple. You keep the verb and
you take off the ending, the ER ending like we were doing before and you add a new ending. For you add an E, F you add ONS, and for plural, you add E
then you get par parle. That means speak,
let's speak and speak. For the IA verb, it's
exactly the same. You keep the verb
without the IR ending. In this case, we use finish, fine we've got fin and you
add the new ending, Is for, I doubles ONS for E, I doubles Z for you as a pro
you get isins in English. Finish. Let's finish finish. Finally, we're going to have a look at the irregular verb. Compared to before we
had 12 irregular verb, I had to take two
that we don't need, which is must and can because they can't be really
used as giving order. We only have ten for this
case and it's the same. You just need to learn
them by dear to say, D, Dion dit Av to have a aun Ae to be si sui un sui, Ae to go a on A fair to do, fa fuzunFtPn to taken pron provi V e Viger to come Vert to go
out, sir stunt. Finally, met to put me Mon Mt. Remember, I've put the pronouns in front of it is
just as a reference. Remember if you're using the U singular operon or
if you're using. But we don't need them when
we conjugate the verb, you only need the verb for this. Now you've seen the
imperative in French. Let's move on to the
next tense. Thank you.
6. The Immediate Past: So now we're going
to have a look at the immediate past. So
how does that work? First, you use it when you have literally
just done something, hence the name of the
tense, Immediate past. So how does it
work? Well, you use the verb Vger to come
in a simple present. So you've already learned
a simple present. You should know that
Vger is Ju vienTVinVen. Then you add D. In this context, the means just. Literally, that's
why I mean just because it's something
that just happened. D otherwise means of, but for this context, remember just. Then
what do you do? You add the verb, but you add the verb unchanged. For an a verb, I've taken
to speak parle, to finish, finer to sell Von I've taken one irregular
verb to go out Sartre. If you want to say, I've
just spoken Jovian D Paris. I've just finished
Juvien D fine. I've just sold Juvin D vendre. I've just gone out
Jovian D Sartre. It's literally that simple. You use Voner in a simple
present, plus the Vb. I've put some examples. Juvien D Manger DP them
in, I have just eaten. We just left. That's all you need to know to use
the immediate pest. Let's have a look at another
tense now. Thank you.
7. The Perfect Tense: Now we're going to have a
look at the perfect tense. When do we use the
perfect tense in French? Well, it's for any action
there is in the past, there is completely finished. I've put some examples.
J manger my salad. I have eaten or I ate my salad. It's something that
was done in the past, it's finished, it's been eaten. Another example to parte valise. You brought the suitcase. That said the suitcase is
here, it's in the past. The action was done in the
past and it's finished. Us he Baron. We have arrived at my parents. Same idea. The
action is finished, and it was in the past. And to create the perfect tense, we're going to need the
verb to B if it's for movement verbs and
you're going to need the verb to B t for movement verbs and to have
avoir for all the other verbs. We're going to need those two
verb to do the conjugation. Let's have a look. For the EA verb first, how does it work? We use our pronoun, as we've been doing that for all
the different tenses, and then you use to have or
to be in the simple present. Parle is not a movement verb, therefore, we're using avoir. So you start with avoir and
then you use your verb, we used to speak for the ER example and then
you add a new ending. In this case, the ending is A, E with the acute accent, it's the same for all
the different ones. Literally, what you need to learn is the avoir
verb in the spo present Jarvis and then
verb without the ending, new ending, A, we
have parlararPar. Parson parle. Now for the IR verbs, it's exactly the same. Fine is not a verb of movement. Therefore, you're using avoir in the simple present JR Ilson. You then have your verb with a DR and you add a new ending. In this case, it's
I E in French. Then you have your verb
conjugated JFinionineF the R verbs, exactly
the same principle. You have Av, we choosing to sell and which
is not a movement verb. Therefore, you're
using avoir JV vio. Then you have your verb without DR and you are your new ending, which is in this
case, U in French. You get Gvd Vanjani Vuse Vdd. That's it. The rule is avoir or in a simple present plus your
verb plus the new ending. We're going to have a look
at the irregular one. To have avoir, you're
using avoir first, is using avoir as well
in the first part. J 80, 80 is the new part.
It's completely different. 80, 80, 80, V 80, Ison, 80. Oh. Now for A to go, A is a movement verb because you're moving when
you're doing that action. Therefore, you're using t and t in a simple present is suits. Then you add the
part with the verb. One thing when you're
using you have to remember that the verb
agree with the pronoun. That's why I have put A
A with the acute accent. That would be if it's masculine. But if it's feminine,
the person is feminine, you add the E at the end. Same thing when it's the plural, you add an S if it's plural. Usual etiontale. Fair to do becomes a la use Ison f. D wor must do to do do no do do son do. P can la son ph. Vuoi to want JV to have volvulus voulu Veneer is a movement verb because you're moving when you're
doing the action. You use instead of avoir and something he
agrees with the pronoun. Ju venue to nun nom
venues venue son venue. Is on me. The DDP pre. The last one is Cartier which
is a movement verb again. We're using again,
JuertirtRtu Sirt, Ws a Sirt irte. So what you need to remember for the perfect tense is that you need to be what you have in the first place
in a simple present, and then you use your verb. If it's a regular verb,
so R E, IR or R E, you put the correct ending, and if it's an irregular
one, you learn it. Like, for instance, if we
look at the one we have here, D is D, and it's the
same for all of them. So at least you
only have to learn D and then it's the same. So that's all for
the perfect tense, let's move to the next
tense. Thank you.
8. The Imperfect: Now let's have a look
at the imperfect. When do we use the
imperfect in French? Well, for action that were going on or repeated in the past. I've put some example Je
Parle I spoke to my brother. Java village, Conget. I came in this village
when I was wrong. I came in Java Dansville conjet. I came in this village
when I was young. So how does it work? Well, it's almost the same principle
as what we've seen. For the AR verb, you
have your pronoun, then you use your verb
without the ER ending, we use to speak
parle in this case, and then you add a new
ending for I airs, for singular as for E, E has a singular AIT, purole INS, pleuro I z, and the AI ENT. And then you put them
together and you get parle Tu parle parle
par par parle. For the IR verb, it's the same thing. You
have your pronoun. You have your verb
without their ending, and then you add a new ending to be different for this one. For I, it is I as
for U singular, I as for singular, Is AT for pleuro, I NS UPuron I, I, and for that I ANT. Then you put them
together and you have your conjugated verb insulin. For the Reverb, it's
the same principle. We chosen the verb bond to sell, you've got your pronoun and then you've got your verb
without the RE ending. You add a new ending, which is the exact same
one as the Ea verb. As as, AIT, Ns, I AIE NT. And you put them together,
Javonte to vende, Indus vengo, ven, Vande. Then we have the irregular verb that you need to learn by heart. For avoir, you say Java, use Isa et Bette, nose, Ise. A to go Je Aeusal sale. Fair to do fuse to
fuzz, fue nozonz Fuze. Be careful with the
pronunciation on this one. The AI is actually not fair. DuvidvvivPv Pu pu, pu PvP pv. Ver to come to net to put me to metmem met. Dear to suicide Ptre to take prone, topnPnuPnP prone. The last one is certi to go
out, uteTtete Noertot Ite. So that's it for the imperfect. Where you need to
remember is that for the ERRRverb it's
the same principle. You have your pronoun. You have your verb without the ending, and you add a new ending. You need to learn the ending by heart and just practice with it. For the irregular verb, you
need to learn them by heart. Now let's have a look at
another tense. Thank you.
9. The Pluperfect: Look at the plu perfect. So when do we use the
plu perfect in French? Well, you use it for things
that had happened or through our point in the past before something has happened. Java Manger my salad. I had eaten my salad. To ave a port valise
you had brought the suitcase par we had
arrived at my parents. So for this, it's the same. You're going to need to be for the movement verb and to have
for all the other verbs. Let's have a look how
we create this tense. For the ER verb, it's quite
similar to the perfect tense. The only difference that to have what B is conjugated
in the imperfect. So we've just seen
the imperfect, so you're going to need
it. So how does it work? Is you have your pronoun. Then you have to have what B and they are in the imperfect. We've just learned
the imperfect. To have imperfect is Jet. You need to learn
that by heart first. Then what you do
is you have your out the ER and you
add your new ending, which is, and then you
put them together. W you speak, parle we
would say Javi par, tuavParlPar, MusevParl
VseviParl I save parle. For the Al verb, you
do exactly the same. You have the pronoun, you have to have imperfect. You then have your verb without DIR and you add your un ending, which is I in this case. Then you put it all together and you get for the verb to finish fine Jiniaussavi fine, save fine. Now for the Reverb,
same principle, which using the verb
Vendre to sell, you have your pronoun, then
you have to have, again, in the imperfect, then
you have the verb without the RE ending and
you add your new ending, which in this case is U in French and you
put them all together. Javan, to a VandlaviVnd. And then it's the same
for the irregular verb. Av to have becomes
Ja to a la sauna u to be et becomes Javety a 808080 a 80, a 80. A is a movement verb. Therefore, it's using t to B and it's conjugating
in the imperfect. You have the Jett, let use tune, set and
then you add your verb. The same principle,
except that we're using to be in the imperfect
because it's a movement verb. For Ae to go with t A, A, let Auston A, et all I A. Fair to do becomes Java to have a fees Duvi must become Javi to aduana V D. Head. Povi can become a to have a no I have a p VulirT becomes to have a v Veneer to come is a movement verb. Therefore, we're using
to B and it becomes ten to nunez Vnue. Metro to put becomes a Tua dear to say becomes a to prom to take becomes and finally, the last one
is art to go and it's a movement verb because you're moving when
you're doing the action. We use to be in the
imperfect, Jett, Tutti, art, use
tort, etti set SRT. What you need to
remember for the p perfect is that you need
to use your pronoun, then you use to have
or to be depending if to B is a movement verb,
if not you use to have. And you put it in the imperfect. After that, you put
your verb without the ending and you had
the correct ending. If it's an irregular verb, you just learn it by heart. Then you put them all
together and you've got your conjugation for
the Blue perfect. Now let's move on to the
next tense. Thank you.
10. The Near Future: Now let's have a look
at the near future. What is it? First you use it, but it's an imminent future. In English, you would use to
be going to plus the verb. It's quite easy to use actually. Let's have a look
how we do that. You have your pronoun, then
you have the verb to go. Like in English, you're
going to be going to you conjugate to go
Ali in French in the simple present Juve v. Then you put your
verb and change. If you know your verb, you
just add to speak parle. If you want to say,
I am going to speak, you say in French Jove Parle. I'm going to finish Jove finer. I'm going to sell Jove Vondre it works with the irregular one. I'm going to go out Juve Sartre. It's quite easy distance. You just need to
learn A to go in a simple present and then
add the verb just after it. Let's move on to the
next tense. Thank you.
11. The Simple Present: Now we're going to have a
look at the simple future. So when do we use the
simple future in French? When as the name said, we use it for action
in the future, and in English, you
would use Will or Shad. I've put a couple of
examples Ju Fine Film Duma. I will finish the film tomorrow. NozinVcens Lane Pochen. We will go on
holidays next year. For the ER verb, what do you do? Well, you start by having your pronoun and then
you add the verb. The difference with
the simple future is we used to take
the ending out. But for the simple future,
it's actually easier. You don't need to
remove anything. You keep the verb as it is. So for parle to speak, we have Parle and then
you add a new ending. And then you put them together. If you want to say, I
will speak, you say, Ju Par, you will speak to Parra. He will speak par We will speak up you will speak
as a plural parle. They will speak par
for the er verbs, you do exactly the same thing. You have your pronoun, then you use a verb that you
haven't changed. For this one, we have fina to finish and you add new ending. If you put them together, I
will finish AI at the end. You will finish tou
finra as at the end. He will finish
finra A at the end. We will finish
NufineronOs at the end. You will finish as a eupluron
finire E Z at the end. They will finish Fine
ON E at the end. For the RE verb, we
do the same thing. We use our pronoun, and
then we use our verb. The only difference is you
have to drop the E at the end. So instead of and we have and but with
a the E at the end. Then you add the new ending, which is the same
as the one before. If you want to say I will sell, you say Juvandre AI. You will sell Tuvandra As. He will sell Ivanra A. We will sell nouvndrONs. You will sell flonVuvre they will sell vendran
and at the end. After that, we have
our irregular verb and you need to
learn them by heart. We're going to start
with avoir to have Joe, Tura, Ia, nosurTbTura, I sural Ae to go Jira zero Fair to do there Tua must Dv Tuva V to want Vodou Vneer to come Vanrad to putt dear to say did Pondre to take prendre to Pondre prendre Pure end. And the last one is
Sartre to go out, tire to seriation Viret. So what do you need to remember
for the simple future? If it's a regular verb, ER IRR, you keep the verb as it is, except for RE, just for ER and
R, and you are the ending. Then if it's an irregular
one, learn and by heart. It's the best way to go because sometimes they follow the rule, sometimes they
don't or sometimes they follow it halfway through. So it's better to
learn and by heart. So let's have a look at the
next tens now. Thank you.
12. The Future Perfect: Now we're going to have a
look at the future perfect. When do we use the future
perfect in French? You use it for things
that will have happened or will have been completed
at some point in the future. I've put some example to
understand it better. Joe M devoir. In English, you would say, I will
have done my homework. Another example to a
Manger Avant Quilib that means you will have
eaten before he arrives. For this, so you
need to use to B for movement verbs and avoir
for all the other verbs. It's something that
we've seen with all the different
perfect tenses. It's something that comes back. It's always to be and to have. So let's have a look
at the ER verbs now. So we taking the
parallel to speak again, you have your pronoun, and
then you have to have at B, but they conjugated
in the future. We've just seen
the simple future. You had to have auto B
in the simple future. JeaorT speak is not
a movement verb, therefore, we've chosen avoir. After you have, you have your
b without the ER ending. In this case, it's par and
you add your new ending, which is A, E with
the acute accent. You put them together and you
have your future perfect. Joe parle, Tora
Parle Elora parle, Noor parle, sure par, IorParle. And that means literally, I will have spoken,
you will have spoken. He will have spoken,
we will have spoken. You will have spoken.
They will have spoken. Now for the Aya verb, we
do exactly the same thing. We have our pronoun,
then we used to have because we use the
verb finia to finish, which is not a movement verb, so we're using to have
in the simple future. Then we have a verb
with DIR ending, and then we do a new ending, which is, E in French. And you get Joe FinitoraFini, Elora fine, nosinFiniVsore
fine IsornFin. That means I will have
finish. You will have finish. He will have finish.
We will have finish. You will have finish.
They will have finished. Put the same principle
pronoun to have in a simple future plus the verb without the RE ending
and the new ending, which in this case
is U in French. You put them all
together and you get Joe VandTVn non Von Van. And that means I will have
sold, you will have sold. He will have sold,
we will have sold. You will have sold. They will have sold. You get the point. We'll have plus a
participant in English. Now let's have a look at
the 12 irregular verbs. A to have a to be et, Tora eye ey ey, sore 80 or 80. All to go is a movement verb, so we're using to be
in the simple future. Jure A, Tura, A, I Sura A, usur A, Vue A, I sur A. Obviously, when you use to B, you have to agree
with the pronoun. If it's masculine, it's A, if it's feminine, it's
A and E after that. If it's pro, you add an. Fair to do Dv must redid P V, Tuteur Vulvov Voor Volvo Veneer to come is a movement b. So we're using to
be in this case, in the simple
present, Josue venue, Tusura venue, Ilsura venue, No Venue Vosure
Venue Isur Venue. Metro to put emia,
Iorio remi, Isom. There to say, daddy. Prawn to take. Sart to go out is
also a movement verb, so we're using to be
in the simple future. Je sti toura sti Ilsa sti userm sorte vor
sti I surm sorte. What do you need to remember
for the future perfect? You have your pronoun,
then you have to be what to have in
a simple future. If it's a movement
verb you used to be, if it's any other verb you
used to have after that, you have your verb, you
take off the ending, and you had the correct ending. If it's an irregular
verb, learning by heart. So that's it for
the future perfect. Let's have a look at the
next tense. Thank you.
13. The Present Conditional: We're going to have
a look at what we call the present conditional. When do we use the present
conditional in French, where you use it for action that may or may not take place? An example would
be in film Duma. I will finish the film tomorrow. In English, you would use wood. As you can sell,
you might finish the film tomorrow or you
might not. It's unsure. Hence the fact you use
the present conditional. Another example, nozonc Leochen. We would go on
holidays next year. It's not sure. That's why
we use the conditional. In English, as I
said, you would use wood to mark the
present conditional. So how does it work?
We're going to have a look at our ER bs, parley to speak. So
it's quite simple. You use your pronoun,
then you use a verb, like in the future, you
don't change the verb. You keep it as it is. You don't need to
take the ending out. You just add a new ending
and you put them together. For I, you add AIs, you add AISI plural, INS, plural IE, the ANT. Put them together and
you get the parle. I would speak to parle
R, you would speak. I parle, he would
speak. Nou Par leon. We would speak. Upari,
you would speak. I Parra. They would speak. For the a verb, you do
exactly the same thing. You have your pronoun,
and then you add your verb unchanged
so keep it as it is, and then you add your ending, exact same ending that we've
seen with the Aa verb. You add them together
and you get Ju fine. I would finish Tu fine,
you would finish. Fine. He would finish Nou
fineon we would finish. Vuinie you would finish. I finire, they would finish. For the verb, almost
the same thing. You have your pronoun and
then you have your verb. The only difference is
we drop the last letter, the E. You had the
same ending that we've seen for the other two groups
and you put them together. You would get Juve
andre. I would sell. Tu vendre, you would
sell Ivan he would sell Nouvndr we would sell
Vovndr you would sell. Ilanre they would sell. Of course, we have a
12 irregular verbs and you need to
learn them by heart. Avoir to have Joe Tresure to beurre to go, tires. Fair to do Tuff Dvusuvre dovrevvpur Voir to want vudu Vudred Vener to come ovireTvianre, Ianrevianre to put metre Imtre dear to stdin to take pnreTPnrenre,
pndriPrePndre. The last one is Sartre to
go out, utreTarrearire. So what do you need to remember for the present conditional? You use it if something
might or might not happen. In English, you would use wood. In French, to create it, you use for the ER and IR verb, pronoun, verb change and
you add the new ending. If it's an R verb, pronoun, verb, you drop the E at the end
and the new ending. For the irregular verb,
you learn them by heart. The ending is similar to what you've learned
with the groups. It's just sometimes the structure is a little
bit different. That's all for the
present conditional, let's move to the next
tense. Thank you.
14. The Past Conditional: Now we're going to have a
look at the past conditional. When do we use the best
conditional in French? Well, it's for
things that could or should have happened.
I've put some example. Joe Pri avotiu In English, you would say, I would
have taken the car. To remgePlutar, you
would have eaten later. You use that wood plus
have structure in English, which is more or less
similar in French. We need the verb to B,
et for movement verb and the verb avoir to have
for all the other verb. It's quite similar to what we've seen before, for perfect tenses. Let's have a look at age group. For the ER verb, you use your pronoun and
then you have to have what to be in the present conditional
that we've just seen. We're using parle to speak, which is not a movement
verb, therefore, we're using to have in the present conditional
Joe Torre Nosorsorisoe. Then you put your verb
without the ending ER, par, and you add
the new ending E, E with the acute accent. You put them all together and you've got your
pass conditional. Joe Pari. I would have spoken. Gore Pari, you
would have spoken. He Pari, he would have spoken. NsenPari. We would have spoken. Musser Pari, you
would have spoken. Ire Pari, they
would have spoken. Now for the IR verb,
it's exactly the same. We have chosen Fina to finish. First, you put your pronoun, then you used to have
because it's not a movement verb and you put it in the present conditional. Then you have your
verb with their end, fin, and you add
your new ending, which is I E in French. You put them together and you get Joe fine I would
have finished. Torre fine, you
would have finished. Ire fine, he would
have finished. Sori, we would have
finished. VoriFin. You would have finished. IlsorFin, they would
have finished. And then we have the Reverb,
exactly the same thing. We're using the
verb and to sell. So first, we use our pronoun, then you have in the present condition because
it's not a movement verb, and then we have the verb
without the RE ending. And then we add the new ending, which is U in French. You put them all
together and you get Jore Vandeu I would have sold to a Vandu you would have sold Ire Vandu he would have
sold Nusoru Vandu. We would have sold Vosori Van. You would have sold Isai
Vandeu, they would have sold. And then we have our
12 irregular verbs. Same thing. You just
learn them by heart. You have to be before it. That is in the
present conditional. Sometimes you have to be
because it's a movement verb. But what you have, we have
avoir and you get Joe or et to be etre etree Noorueeet A to go, it's w to be in the
present conditional because it's a movement verb. You're doing a movement during
the action of the verb. Juriurur. When you used to be,
you have to agree the verb with the pronoun. That's why there's
an extra if it's feminine or an S if it's p. Fair to do to refuse If Dui must redu to du I red Nousen usaried Isdu Por wants V Veneer to come is a movement up
so we're using to be in the present conditional
Jose Venue Tussur Venue Ilse Venue Nousur Venue
usurer Venue Ise Venue met to put remi, I rem, Noori Is remi. There to say ready I ready. Pn to take pre pre pore pri, Sirt to go out. It's a movement so using to
be in the present condition. Je sort Tse sort, ulce cert, Nusori certiori
cert, ulcere cert. So what do you need to remember
for the past conditional? You need to use to have to be
in the present conditional. If it's a movement verb, you used to be, if it's
not, you used to have. Then you add your verb
without the ending, and you add the new ending. If it's an irregular
verb, learning by heart. That's it for this tent, let's move on to the
next tent. Thank you.
15. The Present Subjunctive: Now we're going
to have a look at the present subjunctive. As you noticed, we
in the red part, which means we are for
the more advanced tenses. I'll explain why. First, when do we use the
present subjective in French? It's when there is a doubt or when you want
to express a wish, a judgment, or an
emotion or an attitude. Also, we use it after
some expression. They often followed by
cur and after supulative. I will give you some example
of all of this expression. In English, you do
use the subjunctive, but you would use the
preterit which is, for example, you would say,
I wish you were there. That's the way you would use
the subjunctive in English. In French, however, we've got the same structure
we have with our tenses is we've got a certain ending
for each pronounce. You have to learn them by heart. It's more complicated
than in English and it's also more common in French. So first, let's have a look at all those expression
because you need to learn those expression first to know when to use the
present subjunctive. You can use it after
some conjunction. You need to learn those
conjunction first so you know when to use the present
subjunctive in French. Let's have a look
at what we have Avant apriqe before, after that. Sunk without that
Jack until that. Pour Vuk provided that. Bad it doesn't mean
that B quake though a condition as long as
a fan porque so that c, but only when it's
at the start of a sentence, be
careful it as one, only at the start,
whether arm one c, less. If you see those conjunction, what you need to do is after it, the tense would be the
present subjunctive. Also, after some expression, I poke you have to or one has to depending
on who you're talking about. Necess it is necessary
that it happens that it's impossible that Isupca it's possible that Ivomuc it's better
that Ile tank, it's time that pace it's
not sure that S Domask, it's a pity that prefer, it's preferable that san
bloke, it appears that. But be careful with this
one because we've got another one that is
very similar in French, which is I sent Bluche that
means it seems to me that. The first one, you would have to put the subjunctive,
not the second one. It's a different expression,
but it's very similar. If you find out you have to
use all of those expression, you need to use the present
subjunctive after it. Also, after this verb, which usually talks
about emotion, fear, asking forbidding
necessity, possibility, wishing or doubt, you will need to use the
present subjunctive. Mica to like that, desk to desire that prefer to prefer that set to wish that Vc to want that Dum to ask that p to prevent that
permetro to allow that terco to forbid that Av
perc or grand they have got the same meaning to fear
that ten to be happy, surprise, astonished, that, g to regret that dot to doubt. So if you start your sentence with those verb and
then after that, you've got another part of the sentence when you
have to conjugate, it needs to be in the
present subjunctive. But I will show some example. First, learn and remember those. You also need it when it's
some verb in a negative form. June I don't think that
Juneau, I don't believe that. Jane D pac, I don't say that. Also after the superlative. S me it's the best that grand, the biggest that pierce the worst that Prem, the first that. Let's have a look
at some example. Jun pins pa kill swalla. The subjunctive is after,
I don't think that. It's the verb after swallow. It's in the subjunctive. In English, he would be, I don't think is here.
You use the present. But in French, we do
use the subjunctive. So be careful about that. Se Myer film il knees. It's the best film
that he knows. Same thing in English, he
knows, you use the present, the simple present, but we say Kill Cons and that's the
present subjunctive. Hence the difference
between English and French. We use the subjunctive
more in those cases. Now we're going to
have a look, how do we create the present subjunctive? For the ER verb, you
have your pronoun, and then you have your verb
without the ending ER, in this case, parle to speak
and you add new ending. I is E U is ES, he, we singular He E, E, we pur I or NS, prone, I, the E and T. You put them together and you have your present subjunctive conjugated JP Tuple
par paronparPar. For the verb, you do
exactly the same thing. You have your pronoun, then you verb without the ending IR, so we have fin and then
you add your new ending. The ending a bit different. You just put them
together and you get Jus Jupins I finish. And then the Reverb,
same principle. You have your pronoun, you have your verb where you have
taken the RE ending, and you add your new ending, and you get dudv vende. For the irregular verb, you
need to learn them by heart. Avoir to have to all use Vuse. E to be Ji Si Vuse, si A to go to sale sale, Isi Fair to do face to face, I face I face. Di must do to do I
Dudovdvi I'll do Pu can ups Dupuis pus NuPPsV to want vv over v. Ver to come vine, to vientre to put me to Imetme Imet dear to say dudonP to taken to prenup Pin Stier to go out, sort to sort, I'll
sort Noertt I'll sort. So what do you need to remember for the present subjunctive? Well, it's more
common in French than it is in English, so
you need to be careful. You have a list of
expression to remember, a list of conjunction
to remember, and you have some verb
and also some verb in a negative form that needs to be followed by the
present subjunctive. Once you know that,
you need to look at how we structure the
present subjunctive. You need your pronoun, then you need your verb
without the ending, and you had done your ending. For the irregular
verb, as always, it's always better to
learn them by heart. Now let's have a look
at the next tense.
16. The Past Subjunctive: Now we're going to have a
look at the past subjunctive. When do you use the past
subjunctive in French? It's very similar to the
present subjunctive. It's an uncertain action that supposedly happened before
the moment of speaking. Let's have a look
at some example. I pins pa ji Alvill. It doesn't think that
I have been to town. So in English, you would use
H plus a pass participant. So it's a bit
different because we can't compare it
directly to English. How you can recognize it
in French is first of all, we're using In pins pack, which is one of the expression that we have learned in
the present subjunctive. The difference is,
it's something that have happened before
the moment of speaking. Hence, you're using this tense. Another example would
be to regret tune page, avant de partire, you regret that you haven't
eaten before you have left. To regret Cu, you regret that, which is a verb that after you need to put a
subjunctive in French. As we have seen before
with perfect tenses, you have to use to B for
movement verb and to have avoir for the other verb.
It's the same structure. If you follow the course all
the way through up to here, you actually know
this structure by now. But let's
have a look again. For the E verb, you would have your pronoun and then you would have to have to
be, in this case, to have because parle
to speak is not a movement verb and to have is conjugated in the
present subjunctive. Just remember it is J. Then you add your verb without the ending ER in this case, we have par, and then
you add your new ending, A, E with the acute accent. You put everything together and you have your
pass subjunctive. Par par par par use parse par. For the a verb, it's
exactly the same thing. We have fine to finish, which is not a movement verb, so we're going to use two have. First, we have our pronoun, then you have in the
present subjunctive. Then you add your verb
without their ending, and you add your new ending, I in this case, E in French. You put everything
together and you have your past subjunctive finesse fine. And you can guess for the verb, we're doing exactly
the same thing. We're using the Vande to sell. We put our pronoun then
we used to have because it's not a movement to have is in the
present subjunctive. Then we have our verb
with the R ending and then the new ending in French. Vanden Vande. Now we have 12 irregular verbs. We're going to use to AB in the present subjunctive,
and then we have the verb. However, for the irregular verb, you just learn them by
heart because they usually change completely or they don't
follow the rule properly. The best way is to learn the
irregular verb by heart. Let's start with
avoir to have UUU, to be et to 80 80 use on 80 use 80, I 80. To go A, we're using
Et to B in this case, because A is a movement
bus Ae to sua Ae I'll sua Aeon Allie
Ai I'll sua A. Fair to do to D must do to do do I do I V V V V V vol Veneer to come Ji Venusi Venus nu Vue use Vn, I Vn. We used to be because
it's a movement verb. Remember, when you used to be, you have to agree
with the pronoun. Hence why I have
added the E if it's feminine or the S
if it's plural. Met to put to I D to say to done prom to take the last one is art to go out, which is a movement verb, so we're using to be in
the present subjunctive, Jitiatt sortie sti sty. So what do you need to remember
for the past subjunctive? Well, it's quite easy.
You need your pronoun. Then you have to choose
between to have or to B to B if it's
a movement verb, if it's not to have, and you put those in the
present subjunctive. Then you add your verb
without the ending, ER IR or RE and you
put the new ending. If it's an irregular verb, you just learning by heart. That's it for the
past subjunctive. Let's move on to the
next tense. Thank you.
17. The Simple Past: So now let's have a look
at the simple best. When do we use the
simple best in French? Well, literally, we don't
really use it when we speak. It's only for formal
writing such as in books in literature or
articles in journalism. So it's more like if you
read books in French, you would see this tense
rather than hearing it, you wouldn't hear it
unless a person is actually reading something
that has been written. Titans, I think is really
for an advanced level if you really want to be able
to read books in French. If it's just to speak French
and just for conversation, I don't think you need
to learn this tens unless you have mastered all the rest of the
tenses in French. That would be maybe
another thing to learn just as
an extra learning. But it's really for
reading books in general. It's always good to
have a look at it, but I don't recommend learning distance unless
you really need it. So let's have a look at it. For instance, parle a vois. I speak to the neighbor. To Pre sac, you take the back. Obviously, it's not obvious in English because
you don't have it, you use the present. Let's have a look how
do we create distance? For the AR verb, you
have your pronoun. You have your verb without
the AR ending in this case, parle to speak becomes parle, and then you add
your new ending. Let's have a look at the ending because
they're quite new. We haven't seen those before. For I, it would be
AI for singular, as for E, she or E
singular in French, A, for Purn a Cflex to C Cflex
on the A S for plural, C Cflex A, TS and the E
with degrave accent, RENT. Those ending as you can see compared to everything
we've seen before, are a little bit different. Then you put everything
together and you have your simple
pass conjugated, you would say uparleTpar
par la parla part parle. For the a verb, it's the same
thing. We have a pronoun. Then we've chosen the
verb finer to finish. We take the R at the end and we get in and we add
the new ending. The new ending issues tou fine, I fine I with the
circumflex accent, Esuinm I with the
circumflex accent, Ts we finite INT, finer. Then for the RI verb,
same principle, pronoun, then the verb
we've chosen Vant to cell. We take the RE ending and we get on and we add the new ending. Those endings they're
similar to the R verbs. Put them together and you get Ju vantTuvnti Vantiv vdi vanti. Obviously we have
irregular verb. Same ID, learned by heart. A to have jet to be A to go to a val Izaler Fair to do, fair pur to want to vul near to come vulvar met to put to me I um mi There to say di prom to take prep. The last one is Stier
to go out, sortiti. What do you need to remember
about the simple past? It's not really a spoken tense. It's something that you would
find in books or articles. Obviously, it works the same
way as the other tenses. You have your pronoun,
then you have your verb without the ending and
you learn the new ending. If it's an irregular verb, especially for this one, I
would learn them by heart. Let's move on to our last tense.
18. The Past Anterior: Now we're going to have a
look at the past interior, and this is the
last tense that we will be looking at
today in French. When do we use the past
interior in French? Well, if you've just
watched the simple past, it's exactly the same. It's for formal writing such as books in literature and
article in journalism, but for things
that had happened. It's like our past
of the past simple. Let's see an example.
J Parle la voisin. In English, you would say, I
had spoken to the neighbor. To pri Lussac, you
had taken the bag. As we've seen before, when
we have a perfect tense, we used to be for movement verb and to have for the other verbs. Let's have a look at how
we structure that tense. For the Air verb, we
have the pronoun. Then we have the
verb to have or to be depending if it's
a movement verb, it's to be, if it's not to have. In this case, we're
using parley to speak, which is not a movement verb, so we stay to have. We conjugate to have in
the simple past that we've just seen Juul Z. And then you add the verb
without the ER ending par. You add your new ending, A, E with the acute accent and you put everything together and you have your past interior. You would say par par par par zu par par. For the a verb, we do
exactly the same thing. We have our pronoun, then we used to have
because in this case, we're using the b
fina to finish. It's not a movement verb, so we used to have
in the simple past. Then you have your
verb weo their ending, fin and you add your new ending, I E in French. You put everything
together and you have your past
interior conjugated. Finite jur fine. For the RI verb,
exactly the same thing. Pronoun, then you have to be. We're using and to sell, which is not a movement verb, so we used to have
in a simple past. Then we have a verb
with the Re ending, an and we use the
new endi in French. Then you put everything together and you have the past
interior conjugated. Jonnu nunju Finally, our 12 irregular verb. Something you would
use to have a TB, if it's movement TB, if it's not to have, and you
put them in a simple test. Then you add your verb,
which is irregular. In this case, you
learn it by heart. For avoir to have,
you would say, it to be eye et et et et. A to go A A Aueutur A. Same thinging with
to B, remember, you agree with the pronoun. If it's feminine, you add
an E, if it's plural, you add an S. Also, we're using to be because
Ae is a movement verb. Fair to do us it Dust do to do do nos do it do I do it. Lo Wool vulvody Vener to come using TB because it's
a movement verb venue to venue Venum Venue
out Venue fur venue. Metre to put um to um no visit me, sure me. Dear to say, D, D, D D D P to take. And finally, the
last one art to go, which is a movement verb, so we're using to be
in the simple pest, fuerte, 240, fertumirtt fuerte. So what do you need to remember
for the past interior? You use it for things
that had happened and only for written form for
books and for articles. What you need is your pronoun. Then you use to have or to be depending if it's a
movement verb to B, to have for the other verbs and you put them
in a simple past. Then you have your verb, you take off the ending and
you add to new ending. If it's an irregular verb, you learn them by heart because it will be
a bit different. That's it for the past interior. That was our last tense for
this course. Thank you.
19. Conclusion: Well done, everybody, you have now seen all the French tenses. Now you ten to practice. For this class
project, you will have 36 sentences to translate
with the correct tenses. It's about two
sentences per tense. Download the PDF document that is in the class
project section below, and also don't forget
to submit it back so I can have a look at it and I
can give you some feedback. So well done, you have made
it to the end of the course. Today, we've seen each tense and we have looked at them
with the use of the tense, the ER verb, the verb, verbs, and the 12
irregular verbs. We've seen the simple present, the continuous
present, the eran and present participle,
the imperative, the immediate past,
the perfect tense, the imperfect, the plu
perfect, the near future. The simple future, the future perfect, the present
conditional, the past conditional,
the present subjunctive, the past subjunctive,
the simple past, and finally, the past anterior. I hope you enjoy
this course and I will help you in your
journey of learning French. Feel free to leave a comment
in the discussion section if you have a question or if you need any help with
the class project.