French Tenses

l’imparfait stem

nous form

le futur stem

infinitive

l’imparfait stem

nous form

le futur stem

infinitive

le conditionnel stem

infinitive

le passé composé stem

auxiliary + past participle

le plus-que-parfait stem

imparfait auxiliary + past participle

le futur antérieur stem

future auxiliary + past participle

le conditionnel passé stem

conditionnel auxiliary + past participle

le subjonctif stem

ils/elles form

imparfait def

was talking

futur def

will talk

plus-que-parfait def

had talked

subjunctive def

would talk

present conditional def

would talk

past conditionnel def

would have talked

j’avais

imparfait, I had

j’ai eu

passé composé, I had

j’aurai

future, I will have

j’avais eu

plus-que-parfait, I had had

j’aie

subjunctive, I would have

j’aurais

conditional, I would have

j’aurais eu

past conditional, I would have had

j’étais

impft, I was

je serais

conditional, I would be

je suis venu

I came

tu étais parti

you had left

il aura vu

he will have seen

nous aurions mangé

we would have eaten

vous aviez écrit

you had written

ils seront arrivés

they will have arrived

je verrai

i will see

tu aurais su

you would have known

il écrivait

he was writing

nous avons fini

we have finished

vous serez parti

you will leave

elles auraient pu

they could have

tu as bu

you drank

on aurait dû

people should have

nous étions partis

we left

vous viendrez

you will come

ils auront lu

they will have read

je suis allé

i went

tu avais dit

you had said

il courait

he was running

nous aurons été

we will have been

vous auriez voulu

you would have wanted

elles ont vu

they saw

j’aurais été

i would have been

tu serais venu

you would have come

il dira

he will say

nous avions pris

we had taken

vous aviez su

you had known

ils viendraient

they would come

je lisais

i was reading

tu aurais pu

you could have

elle avait peint

she had painted

nous serions partis

we would have left

vous aurez compris

you will have understood

elles avaient couru

they had run

je saurai

i will know

tu viendras

you will come

on aurait vu

people would have seen

nous avions dit

we had said

nous allions

we were going