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16 Cards in this Set
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Passé Composé
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-Tense to refer to actions completed in the past. Used with avoir or etre AND past participle.
-Participle Endings: -er: é -ir: i -re: u |
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Imparfait
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-used to describe states of being and habitual actions in the past.
-stem of the imparfait is the first person plural (nous) form of the present tense, minus the -ons. Endings: -ais -ions -ais -iez -ait -aient *Etre-Only Irregular Stem: Et- |
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Si + Imp.
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Si (Suggestions or Wishes):
-Si on achetait une Harley Davidson? (What if we bought a Harley?) Wishes: -Si seulement on avait plus d'argent! (If only we had more money!) * "?" indicates a suggestion; "!" indicates a wish |
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Depuis w/ Imp.
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Something had been goin on when...something happened.
-Tammy attendait Tex depuis une heure quand il est entré |
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Venir de + Imp.
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Means 'to have just done something.' This is called the recent past (le passé immédiat).
-When venir is conjugated in the imparfait followed by de +infinitive: -Tex et Tammy venaient de s'embrasser quand Bette est arrivée. |
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Futur Simple
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Used to refer to future events
Stem: The Infinitive *-RE Verbs drop the "e" from Inf. Endings: -ai -ons -as -ez -a -ont |
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Futur Antérieur (Usage)
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Used for an action that precedes, or will be completed before, another action in the future.
ie. -Corey et Joe-Bob n'auront pas appris le futur antérieur avant la fin du semestre. (Corey and Joe-Bob will not have learned the future perfect before the end of the semester.) |
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Futur Antérieur (Formation)
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is formed with the simple future of the auxiliary (either être or avoir), plus the past participle of the main verb.
Note: with the auxiliary être, the past participle agrees in number and gender with the subject. |
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Futur Antérieur (Avec Conjunctions)
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French uses the future perfect after certain conjunctions like quand and lorsque (when) or dès que and aussitôt que (as soon as).
ie. Tammy, on parlera dès que tu te seras calmée! (Tammy, we'll talk when you've calmed down!) |
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Plus-Que-Parfait (Formation)
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is formed with the auxiliary in the imparfait followed by the past participle of the verb.
ie. J'avais mangé. (I had eaten) |
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Plus-Que-Parfait (Uses)
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used to express an action which precedes another past action or moment.
ie. Tex n'avait pas fini son poème quand son éditeur a téléphoné. (Tex had not finished his poem when his editor called.) *Also commonly used in si clauses followed by the past conditional |
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Conditionnel (Formation)
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used to refer to hypothetical events
Stem: Infinitive Endings: -ais -ions -ais -iez -ait -aient |
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Conditionnel (Uses)
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It is used to express a wish or a suggestion, to make a request, or to accept or extend invitations
ie. Si je gagnais le lot, j'achèterais mon diplôme d'université. (If I won the lottery, I would buy my university diploma.) |
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Si Clauses with Verbs
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Si + present -- present, future or imperative.
Si + Imparfait -- Conditionnel Si + Plus-Que-Parfait -- Conditionnel Passe |
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Conditionnel Passé (Formation)
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formed with the conditional of the auxiliary (either avoir or être) and the past participle of the main verb.
Formation: auxiliary in the conditional + past participle Note: With être the past participle agrees in gender and in number with the subject. |
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Conditionnel Passé (Uses)
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used to describe or imagine events and actions which failed to happen.
ie. J'aurais aimé être artiste. (I would have liked to be an artist.) |