French Conjugation rules

The French conjugation

Conjugation is the whole forms a verb can take.

. About conjugators
. What is conjugation?
. Verbs
. Status verb
. Pronominal verbs
. Transitive and intransitive verbs
. Defective verbs
. Impersonal verbs
. Verb groups
. Auxiliaries and semi-auxiliaries
. Verb modes
. Active and passive forms
. Tenses
. Radical and ending
. Conjugation vocabulary


Conjugation tenses

Here is a summary of how each of the tenses is formed.

. Indicative mode
  1. Indicative present - First group verbs - Second and third group verbs - Summary
  2. Present perfect
  3. Imperfect
  4. Pluperfect
  5. Simple past
  6. Past perfect
  7. Simple future - Training on future
  8. Past future
. Mode subjunctive
  1. Subjunctive present
  2. Subjunctive past
  3. Subjunctive imperfect
  4. Subjunctive pluperfect
. Mode conditional
  1. Conditional present
  2. Conditional past
. Mode imperative
  1. Imperative present
  2. Imperative past
. Mode infinitive
  1. Infinitive present
  2. Infinitive past
. Mode participle
  1. Participle present
  2. Participle past
. Mode gerund
  1. Gerund present
  2. Gerund past
. Miscellaneous
  1. Near future and near past
  2. Tense construction summary


Spelling rules

Depending of verb and its use, accent, dash or spelling change can appear. Here are the main rules to know those changes.

. Accents é and è
. Circumflex accent
. Trema and cedilla
. Dash with pronoun en, y and non
. Dash with imperative
. Dash with interrogative form
. Polite interrogative form (advanced)
. Phonetic
. Difference between à/a, et/est, se/ce, ...
. Some verb patterns
. Some traps
. New spelling rules


Conjugate the verb

One of the main difficulties in French conjugation is to agree verb. Either auxiliary or suject or verb type can determine it.

. Agreement with subject
. Agreement with past participle
. Auxiliairy avoir and être
. Past participle followed by infinitive (advanced)
. Agreement with pronominal form (advanced)
. Pronoun on (advanced)


Use the correct tense

When to use the following tenses?

. Use of indicative
. Indicative present
. Indicative imperfect and simple past
. Simple and past future
. Use of subjunctif
. Subjonctive imperfect (advanced)
. Use of conditional
. Use of imperative
. Imperative or infinitive
. Use of gerund
. Present participle and verbal adjective (advanced)
. Tense concordance
. Tense use table