Imparfait

The imperfect (imparfait) tense is a descriptive past tense used to indicate an ongoing action, or a repeated or incomplete action. This can include habitual actions, descriptions of emotions or a repeated physical occurrence, and so forth.

If you know the present indicative form of the verb, conjugating verbs in the imperfect is fairly straightforward with all verbs following a similar conjugation pattern. For example:-

Pass compos

The compound past tense is the most commonly used past tense, and indicates an action completed in the past or a series of actions completed.

The pass compos is employed with either of the auxiliary verbs; the past participle must in in the case of ‘tre‘ agree with the subject in order for the sentence to be correct For example:-

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Future tenses

The immediate future

To describe an action that will take place in the near future, it is possible to use the future proche form. This is formed using the present tense of aller and the infinitive form of the action verb.

e.g.

Je vais aller au cinma ce soir.

I am going to the cinema this evening.

Est-ce que tu vas appeler Thomas?

Are you going to call Thomas?

Future tense

The future tense is used to describe upcoming events. It can be used when the near future form is not deemed appropriate; for example, if the action described is to take place in a more distant future.

The future tense also uses the verb’s infinitive form as the root; then the same ending for all verbs is applicable. For example:-