affirmer ajouter annoncer crier dclarer dire expliquer insister prtendre proclamer rpondre soutenir Entendre dire- to hear

(it) said

to assert to add to announce to shout to declare to say to explain to insist to claim to proclaim to answer to maintain

J'ai entendu dire que les Lamartin vont divorcer. I heard that the Lamartins are getting divorced.
Je ne sais pas si c'est vrai, mais je l'ai entendu dire la semaine dernire. I don't know if it's true, but I heard it last week. D'aprs ce que j'ai entendu dire.... From what I've heard, By all accounts... On entend dire que.... Rumor has it that... J'ai entendu parler d'une grande fte. I heard talk of a big party. vs J'ai entendu dire qu'il y aura une grande fte. I heard that there will be a big party. J'ai entendu parler d'eux hier : ils vont en France. I heard talk of them / I heard about them yesterday: they're going to France. vs Ils vont en France, du moins, c'est ce que j'ai entendu dire. They're going to France, at least, that's what I heard.

Ne ... pas is the most common French negative adverb, but there are a number of others which follow the same grammatical rules. ne ... pas encore Il n'est pas encore arriv. ne ... pas toujours Je ne mange pas toujours ici. Lesson: encore vs toujours ne ... pas du tout Je n'aime pas du tout les pinards. ne ... pas non plus Je n'aime pas non plus les oignons. ne ... aucunement Il n'est aucunement blmer. ne ... gure Il n'y a gure de monde. ne ... jamais Nous ne voyageons jamais. ne ... nullement Il ne veut nullement venir. ne ... nulle part Je ne l'ai trouv nulle part. ne ... point Je ne te hais point. ne ... plus Vous n'y travaillez plus. not at all I don't like spinach at all. neither, not either I don't like onions either. not at all, in no way He is in no way to blame. hardly, barely, scarcely There's hardly anyone there. never We never travel. not at all He doesn't want to come at all. nowhere I couldn't find it anywhere. not (formal/literary equivalent of ne...pas) I don't hate you. no more, not anymore You don't work there anymore. not yet He has not arrived yet. not always I don't always eat here.

ne ... que Il n'y a que deux chiens.

only There are only two dogs.

Here are just a few of the most common regular -ER verbs: aimer arriver to like, to love to arrive, to happen to sing to look for to begin

chanter chercher

commencer* danser

to dance to ask for to spend (money) to hate to give to listen to to study

demander dpenser dtester donner couter tudier** fermer goter jouer laver

to close to taste

to play to wash to eat

manger*

nager* parler passer penser porter

to swim to talk, to speak

to pass, spend (time) to think to wear, to carry to watch, to look at

regarder rver sembler skier*

to dream to seem to ski to work to find to visit (a place) to fly, to steal

travailler trouver visiter voler

*All regular -ER verbs are conjugated according to the regular -ER verb conjugation pattern, except for one small irregularity in verbs that end in -ger and -cer, which are known asspelling-change verbs.

French verbs that end in -IER follow the same conjugation pattern as regular -ER verbs, but can look a little weird in certain conjugations(see page 1). Here are just a few of the most common regular -IER verbs: apprcier associer bnficier to appreciate to associate to benefit

certifier confier copier crier ddier dfier tudier

to certify to confide to copy

to shout to dedicate to challenge to study to identify to justify

identifier justifier lier

to bind, link to marry to mistrust to modify to multiply to negotiate

marier

se mfier modifier multiplier ngocier nier plier prier

to deny to fold, bend to pray to rectify to thank to repudiate

rectifier remercier rpudier

simplifier skier

to simplify

to ski to specify to verify

spcifier vrifier

French regular -IR verbs, the second largest group of French verbs, share a conjugation pattern. Here are just a few of the most common regular -IR verbs: abolir agir to abolish to act to warn

avertir btir bnir choisir tablir tourdir finir

to build to bless to choose to establish to stun, deafen, make dizzy

to finish to gain weight, get fat to cure, heal, recover to lose weight, get thin to feed, nourish

grossir gurir maigrir nourrir obir

to obey

punir

to punish to reflect, think to to fill to succeed to blush, turn red to grow old

rflchir remplir russir rougir vieillir

French regular -RE verbs are a small group of French verbs which share a conjugation pattern. Here are the most common regular -RE verbs: attendre dfendre descendre entendre tendre fondre pendre perdre to wait (for) to defend to descend to to hear to stretch to melt to hang, suspend to lose to claim

prtendre rendre

to give back, return to spread, scatter to answer

rpandre rpondre vendre

to sell

French has five irregular -RE verb patterns - see examples at the bottom of the page: 1. The first group includes prendre and all of its derivations (comprendre, etc). These verbsdrop the d in all three plural forms and also double the n in the third person plural. 2. The second group includes battre- to beat and all of its derivations (Abattre - to pull, knock down, dbattre- to debate, Combattre - to fight, combat). These verbs drop the stem's final t in the singular forms. 3. The third group includes mettre and all of its derivations All French verbs that end in -mettre are conjugated the same way: admettre commettre to admit to commit to compromise

compromettre mettre to put

permettre promettre soumettre transmettre

to permit to promise to submit to transmit.

These verbs are conjugated just like battre verbs in the present tense, but I consider them a separate group because they are conjugated differently in the pass simple, imperfect subjunctive, and past participle. (As you can see in the table below, the first three groups take the same present tense verb endings.) 4. The fourth group of irregular -RE verbs includes rompre- to break and its derivations (corrompre- to corrupt, Interrompre - to interrupt). These verbs are conjugated exactly like regular -RE verbs with the single exception of the third person singular present tense, which adds a t after the stem.

5. The fifth group of irregular -RE verbs includes all verbs that end in aindre (e.g., craindre), -eindre (likepeindre), and -oindre (such as joindre). These verbsdrop the d in the root in all forms, and add a g in front of the n in the plural forms. contraindre to force, to compel craindre to fear plaindre to pity, to feel sorry for

astreindre atteindre ceindre dpeindre dteindre empreindre enfreindre preindre teindre treindre feindre geindre peindre repeindre restreindre reteindre

to compel, to force to attain, to reach

to don, to put on to depict to bleach, to leach to imprint to infringe, to break to juice to extinguish, to snuff out to embrace, to clutch

to feign to groan, whine to paint to repaint to restrict, to limit to dye again

teindre

to dye

adjoindre conjoindre disjoindre enjoindre joindre oindre

to appoint to unite to disconnect, to separate to enjoin or charge s.o. to do s.t.

to join to anoint to rejoin, to get back to

rejoindre

The rest of the irregular -RE verbs have unique or unwieldy conjugations, so you have to memorize each one separately. Try working on one verb a day until you've mastered them all:absoudre, boire, clore, conclure, conduire, confire, connatre, coudre, croire, dire , crire, faire,inscrire, lire, moudre, natre, plaire, rire, suivre, vivre. Click any verb for the complete table of conjugations in all of the simple tenses and moods: Group 1 Pronoun je tu il nous vous ils Endings -s -s -ons -ez -ent prendre > pren(d)prends prends prend prenons prenez prennent Group 2 battre > bat(t) bats bats bat battons battez battent Group 3 mettre > met(t) mets mets met mettons mettez mettent

Group 4 Pronoun je tu il nous vous ils Endings -s -s -t -ons -ez -ent rompre > rompromps romps rompt rompons rompez rompent

Group 5 craindre > crain-/craigncrains crains craint craignons craignez craignent

The rest of the irregular -RE verbs have unique or unwieldy conjugations, so you have to memorize each one separately. Try working on one verb a day until you've mastered them all: absoudre, boire, clore, conclure, conduire, confire, connatre, coudre, croire, dire, crire, faire,inscrire, lire, moudre, natre, plaire, rire, suivre, vivre.

Absoudre - to absolve
Present j' tu il nous absous absous absout absolvons

vous

absolvez

ils

absolvent

Subjunctive

j' tu il nous vous ils

absolve absolves absolve absolvions absolviez absolvent

Imperative (tu) (nous) (vous) absous absolvons absolvez

Clore - to close, conclude

Present Future Imperfect Present participle n/a closant je clos clorai

tu

clos

cloras

il

clt

clora

Pass compos

nous

closons

clorons

Auxiliary avoir verb Past participle clos

vous

closez

clorez

ils

closent

cloront

Subjunctive Conditional Pass simple je close clorais n/a

Imperfect subjunctive n/a

tu

closes

clorais

il

close

clorait

nous

closions

clorions

vous

closiez

cloriez

ils

closent

cloraient

Imperative

(tu)

clos

(nous) closons

Verb conjugation pattern Clore is an irregular verb Similar verbs: dclore- to reopen, resume | clore- to hatch | enclore- enclose

(vous) closez

Conclure - to conclude
Future Present Imperfect Present participle

je

conclus

conclurai

concluais

concluant

tu

conclus

concluras

concluais

il

conclut

conclura

concluait

Pass compos

nous

concluons

conclurons

concluions

Auxiliary avoir verb

vous

concluez

conclurez

concluiez

Past participle

concl u

ils

concluent

concluront

concluaient

Subjunctive

Conditional

Pass simple

Imperfect subjunctive

je

conclue

conclurais

conclus

conclusse

tu

conclues

conclurais

conclus

conclusses

il

conclue

conclurait

conclut

conclt

nous concluions

conclurions

conclmes

conclussions

vous concluiez

concluriez

concltes

conclussiez

ils

concluent

concluraient

conclurent

conclussent

Imperative

(tu)

conclus

Verb conjugation pattern Conclure is an irregular verb Similar verbs: exclure - exclude | inclure - include | occlure- occlude

Conduire - to drive, lead, conduct

Future Present je tu il nous conduis conduis conduit conduisons conduirai conduiras conduira conduirons conduisais conduisais conduisait conduisions Pass compos Auxiliary avoir verb vous conduisez conduirez conduisiez Past participle ils conduisent conduiront conduisaient conduit conduisant Imperfect Present participle

Subjunctive

Conditional

Pass simple

Imperfect subjunctive

je tu il

conduise conduises conduise

conduirais conduirais conduirait

conduisis conduisis conduisit

conduisisse conduisisses conduist

nous conduisions vous conduisiez ils conduisent

conduirions conduiriez conduiraient

conduismes conduistes conduisirent

conduisissions conduisissiez conduisissent

Imperative (tu) conduis Verb conjugation pattern Conduire is an irregular verb All French verbs ending in -uire are conjugated this way. cuire to cook

conduire to drive dduire to deduce conduire to dismiss enduire to coat induire to mislead introduire to introduce, insert produire to produce reconduire to renew rduire to reduce reproduire to reproduce sduire to seduce traduire to translate luire to shine reluire to shine nuire to harm

construire to build dtruire to destroy instruire to instruct reconstruire to rebuild

Confire - to conserve

Future Present je tu il nous confis confis confit confisons

Imperfect

Present participle

confirai confiras confira confirons

confisais confisais confisait confisions

confisan

Pass com

Auxiliar verb

vous

confisez

confirez

confisiez

Past participle

ils

confisent

confiront

confisaient

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils confise confises confise confisions confisiez confisent

Conditional confirais confirais confirait confirions confiriez confiraient

Pass simple confis confis confit confmes conftes confirent

Imperfect

confisse

confisse conft

confissio

confissie

confisse

Imperative (tu) confis Verb conjugation pattern Confire is an irregular verb to fry| suffire- to suffice

(nous) confisons (vous) confisez

Similar verbs: circoncire -circumcise | dconfire- to be beaten

Connatre - to know someone, be familiar with

Future Present je tu il nous connais connais connat connaissons

Imperfect

Present participle

connatrai connatras connatra connatrons

connaissais connaissais connaissait connaissions

connaissant

Pass compos Auxiliary avoir verb

vous

connaissez

connatrez

connaissiez

Past participle

connu

ils

connaissent

connatront

connaissaient

Subjunctive

Conditional

Pass simple

Imperfect subjunctive

je tu il

connaisse connaisses connaisse

connatrais connatrais connatrait connatrions connatriez connatraient

connus connus connut connmes conntes connurent

connusse connusses connt connussions connussiez connussent

nous connaissions vous connaissiez ils connaissent

Imperative (tu) connais Verb conjugation pattern Connatre is an irregular verb Nearly all French verbs ending in -atre are conjugated this way.

apparatre comparatre disparatre paratre reparatre

to appear to appear in court to disappear to reappear to show through

to seem

transparatre connatre reconnatre

to know, be familiar with to be unaware of to recognize

mconnatre

*Except natre- to be born Future Present je tu il nous vous ils nais nais nat naissons naissez naissent natrai natras natra natrons natrez natront naissais naissais naissait naissions naissiez naissaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle tre n naissant Imperfect Present participle

Subjunctive je tu il nous naisse naisses naisse naissions

Conditional natrais natrais natrait natrions

Pass simple naquis naquis naquit naqumes

Imperfect subjunctive naquisse naquisses naqut naquissions

vous ils

naissiez naissent

natriez natraient

naqutes naquirent

naquissiez naquissent

Imperative (tu) nais Verb conjugation pattern Natre is an irregular verb

(nous) naissons (vous) naissez

Coudre - to sew
Future Present je tu il nous couds couds coud cousons coudrai coudras coudra coudrons cousais cousais cousait cousions Pass compos Auxiliary verb vous cousez coudrez cousiez Past participle ils cousent coudront cousaient cousu avoir cousant Imperfect Present participle

Subjunctive je tu il couse couses couse

Conditional coudrais coudrais coudrait

Pass simple cousis cousis cousit

Imperfect subjunctive cousisse cousisses coust

nous vous ils

cousions cousiez cousent

coudrions coudriez coudraient

cousmes coustes cousirent

cousissions cousissiez cousissent

Imperative (tu) couds Verb conjugation pattern Coudre is an irregular verb Similar verbs: dcoudre- to unpick, take out stitches | recoudre- to sew back up/on

(nous) cousons (vous) cousez

Croire - to believe
Future Present je tu il nous vous ils crois crois croit croyons croyez croient croirai croiras croira croirons croirez croiront croyais croyais croyait croyions croyiez croyaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir cru croyant Imperfect Present participle

Subjunctive je tu il nous croie croies croie croyions

Conditional croirais croirais croirait croirions

Pass simple crus crus crut crmes

Imperfect subjunctive crusse crusses crt crussions

vous

croyiez

croiriez

crtes

crussiez

ils

croient

croiraient

crurent

crussent

Imperative

(tu)

crois

Verb conjugation pattern Croire is irregular and is one of the most common French verbs: Using croire Expressions with croire

Croire is one of the most common French verbs. It's irregular in conjugation and literally means "to believe," and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Croire usually means "to believe, think": Il ne me croit pas He doesn't believe me Je crois y avoir russi I think I've succeeded

Croire que Croire que, "to think/believe that," is followed by the indicative when it's affirmative, but the subjunctive when it's negative or interrogative: Je crois qu'elle va venir avec nous I think she's going to come with us Il ne croit pas que je puisse le faire He doesn't believe I can do it

Crois-tu que nous ayons assez de temps ? Do you think we have enough time?

Croire / en Croire and croire en both mean "to believe, have faith in": Les enfants croient toujours au Papa Nol The kids still believe in Santa Claus Je ne sais pas s'il croit en Dieu I don't know if he believes in God

Se croire Se croire means "to believe/think oneself, to feel as if": Il se croit trs malin He thinks he's really clever On se croirait en vacances You'd think we were on vacation, It feels like we're on vacation Possible meanings of croire

to believe to assume to consider to think

Expressions with croire croire to believe, have faith in croire en to believe, have faith in croire que... to believe that...

croire que non to not think so croire que oui to think so croire quelque chose dur comme fer (informal) to be absolutely convinced of something

croire que... You'd think... l'en croire to hear him tell it, if you were to believe him C'est croire que... You'd think... C'est n'y pas croire ! It's unbelievable! Croyez-en mon exprience Take it from me Croyez-m'en Believe me Croyez-moi Believe me Faut croire que... (informal) It would seem/appear that... Faut pas croire ! (informal) Make no mistake about it! Il est croire que... (formal) It is to be supposed/presumed that... je l'ai cru sur parole

I took his word for it Je n'en crois rien I don't believe a word of it Je n'en croyais pas mes oreilles/yeux I couldn't believe my ears/eyes Je ne suis pas celle que vous croyez ! I'm not that kind of person! Je n'arrive croire que... I just can't believe... Je te / vous crois ! (informal) You bet! Je veux bien le croire I can well believe it le croira qui voudra believe it or not On croirait... It looks/sounds/seems like, You'd think it was... On croit rver ! (informal) I can hardly believe it! On l'a cru mort He was believed to be dead. O vous croyez-vous ? Where do you think you are? Si vous m'en croyez If you want my opinion Tu crois ? Think so? Tu crois pas ? (informal)

Don't think so? Tu ne crois pas si bien dire ! You don't know how right you are! Tu ne peux pas croire... You can't begin to imagine... Veuillez croire ... (formal) Yours sincerely (business letter formula) Vous pouvez m'en croire Take it from me

se croire to think/believe oneself (is), to feel as if Il s'y croit (informal) He thinks he's really something. Qu'est-ce qu'il se croit ? Who does he think he is?

crire - to write
Present j' tu il nous vous ils cris cris crit crivons crivez crivent Future crirai criras crira crirons crirez criront Imperfect crivais crivais crivait crivions criviez crivaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir crit Present participle crivant

Subjunctive j' tu il nous vous ils crive crives crive crivions criviez crivent

Conditional crirais crirais crirait cririons cririez criraient

Pass simple crivis crivis crivit crivmes crivtes crivirent

Imperfect subjunctive crivisse crivisses crivt crivissions crivissiez crivissent

circonscrire dcrire crire inscrire prescrire proscrire rcrire

to contain, to confine

to describe to write to write down, inscribe to prescribe to ban, prohibit

to rewrite to subscribe to transcribe

souscrire transcrire

Lire is an irregular verb Similar verbs: lire- to elect | rlire- to re-elect | relire- to reread

Moudre - to mill, grind

Present je tu il nous vous ils mouds mouds moud moulons moulez moulent

Future moudrai moudras moudra moudrons moudrez moudront

Imperfect moulais moulais moulait moulions mouliez moulaient

Present participle moulant

Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir moulu

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils moule moules moule moulions mouliez moulent

Conditional moudrais moudrais moudrait moudrions moudriez moudraient

Pass simple moulus moulus moulut moulmes moultes moulurent

Imperfect subjunctive moulusse moulusses moult moulussions moulussiez moulussent

Imperative (tu) (nous) (vous) mouds moulons Moulez Verb conjugation pattern Moudre is an irregular verb Similar verbs: moudre to sharpen,grind | remoudre- to regrind

Plaire - to please
Present je plais Future plairai Imperfect plaisais Present participle plaisant

tu il nous vous ils

plais plat plaisons plaisez plaisent

plairas plaira plairons plairez plairont

plaisais plaisait plaisions plaisiez plaisaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir plu

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils plaise plaises plaise plaisions plaisiez plaisent

Conditional plairais plairais plairait plairions plairiez plairaient

Pass simple plus plus plut plmes pltes plurent

Imperfect subjunctive plusse plusses plt plussions plussiez plussent

Imperative (tu) (nous) (vous) plais plaisons Plaisez Verb conjugation pattern Plaire is an irregular verb Similar verb: dplaire- to displease

Rire - to laugh
Present je tu ris ris Future rirai riras Imperfect riais riais Present participle riant

il nous vous ils

rit rions riez rient

rira rirons rirez riront

riait riions riiez riaient

Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir ri

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils rie ries rie riions riiez rient

Conditional rirais rirais rirait ririons ririez riraient

Pass simple ris ris rit rmes rtes rirent

Imperfect subjunctive risse risses rt rissions rissiez rissent

Imperative (tu) ris Verb conjugation pattern Rire is an irregular verb Similar verb: sourire- to smile

Suivre - to follow
Present je tu il nous suis suis suit suivons Future suivrai suivras suivra suivrons Imperfect suivais suivais suivait suivions Pass compos Auxiliary verb avoir Present participle suivant

vous ils

suivez suivent

suivrez suivront

suiviez suivaient

Past participle

suivi

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils suive suives suive suivions suiviez suivent

Conditional suivrais suivrais suivrait suivrions suivriez suivraient

Pass simple suivis suivis suivit suivmes suivtes suivirent

Imperfect subjunctive suivisse suivisses suivt suivissions suivissiez suivissent

Imperative (tu) suis Verb conjugation pattern Suivre is an irregular verb Similar verbs: s'ensuivre to ensue,| poursuivre- to pursue

Vivre - to live
Present je tu il nous vous ils vis vis vit vivons vivez vivent Future vivrai vivras vivra vivrons vivrez vivront Imperfect vivais vivais vivait vivions viviez vivaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir vcu Present participle vivant

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils vive vives vive vivions viviez vivent

Conditional vivrais vivrais vivrait vivrions vivriez vivraient

Pass simple vcus vcus vcut vcmes vctes vcurent

Imperfect subjunctive vcusse vcusses vct vcussions vcussiez vcussent

Imperative (tu) vis Verb conjugation pattern Vivre is an irregular verb Similar verbs: revivre- to live again | survivre- to survive

There are two groups of irregular -IR verbs: 1. The first group of irregular verbs includes dormir, mentir, partir, sentir, servir, sortir, and all of their derivatives (repartir, etc). These verbs drop the last letter of the radical in the singular conjugations - see example in table below. 2. The second group of verbs includes couvrir,cueillir, dcouvrir, offrir, ouvrir, souffrir, and their derivatives (recouvrir, etc). These verbs are conjugated like regular -ER verbs - see example in table below. The rest of the irregular -IR verbs don't follow a pattern - you have to memorize the conjugations for each one separately: asseoir, courir, devoir, falloir,mourir, pleuvoir, pouvoir, recevoir, savoir, tenir,valoir, venir, voir, vouloir Click any verb for the complete conjugation table. Group 1 Pronoun Endings dormir > dor(m)Group 2 Endings couvrir > couvr-

je tu il nous vous ils

-s -s -t -ons -ez -ent

dors dors dort dormons dormez dorment

-e -es -e -ons -ez -ent

couvre couvres couvre couvrons couvrez couvrent

Asseoir - to seat, to sit/set down*

Simple conjugations for the French verb asseoir
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Present j' tu il assieds assieds assied

Future assirai assiras assira

Imperfect asseyais asseyais asseyait

Present participle asseyant

Pass compos

nous vous ils

asseyons asseyez asseyent

assirons assirez assiront

asseyions asseyiez asseyaient

Auxiliary verb Past participle

avoir* assis

Subjunctive j' tu il nous vous ils asseye asseyes asseye asseyions asseyiez asseyent

Conditional assirais assirais assirait assirions assiriez assiraient

Pass simple assis assis assit assmes asstes assirent

Imperfect subjunctive assisse assisses asst assissions assissiez assissent

Imperative (tu) assieds *The irregular verb asseoir means "to seat someone else." To talk about sitting (oneself) down, you must use asseoir as a pronominal verb, in which case it needs tre as the auxiliary verb.

Courir - to run
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Present je tu il nous vous ils cours cours court courons courez courent

Future courrai courras courra courrons courrez courront

Imperfect courais courais courait courions couriez couraient

Present participle courant

Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir couru

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils coure coures coure courions couriez courent

Conditional courrais courrais courrait courrions courriez courraient

Pass simple courus courus courut courmes courtes coururent

Imperfect subjunctive courusse courusses court courussions courussiez courussent

Imperative (tu) cours Verb conjugation pattern Courir is an irregular verb All French verbs ending in -courir are conjugated this way. accourir concourir courir to hurry to compete

to run

discourir encourir parcourir recourir secourir

to discourse to incur to cover, travel to run again to help

Mourir - to die
Simple conjugations for the French verb mourir
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Present je tu il nous vous ils meurs meurs meurt mourons mourez meurent

Future mourrai mourras mourra mourrons mourrez mourront

Imperfect mourais mourais mourait mourions mouriez mouraient

Present participle mourant

Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle tre mort

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils meure meures meure mourions mouriez meurent

Conditional mourrais mourrais mourrait mourrions mourriez mourraient

Pass simple mourus mourus mourut mourmes mourtes moururent

Imperfect subjunctive mourusse mourusses mourt mourussions mourussiez mourussent

Modal verbs, also called modal auxiliaries or simply modals, are unconjugated English verbs which express the mood of a verb, such as ability, possibility, condition, and necessity. With the exception of "ought," modals are followed directly by the verb they modify (without "to" in between). There are ten common English modal verbs: 1. can 2. could 3. may 4. might 5. must 6. ought to 7. shall 8. should 9. will 10. would French does not have modal verbs, which can make it difficult to translate them. The French equivalents of modal verbs may be a conjugable verb (e.g.,pouvoir), a particular verb tense or mood, or even an adverb. can = pouvoir, savoir (in the present tense) I can help you. Je peux vous aider. We can see it.

Nous pouvons le voir. Can you swim? Sais-tu nager ?

could (in the present) = pouvoir (in the conditional) I could dance all night. Je pourrais danser pendant toute la nuit. Could you help me? Pourriez-vous m'aider ?

could (in the past) = pouvoir (in the imperfect) He could eat a lot of candy when he was three. Il pouvait manger beaucoup de bonbons quand il avait trois ans. Last year, I could sleep until noon every day. L'anne dernire, je pouvais dormir jusqu' midi tous les jours.

may/might = peut-tre, pouvoir (in the conditional), se pouvoir (in the present) She may/might arrive at noon. Elle arrivera peut-tre midi, Elle pourrait arriver midi, Il se peut qu'elle arrive midi.

must = devoir (present tense) I must leave. Je dois partir. You must help me. Vous devez m'aider.

shall/will = French future tense

I shall/will help you. Je vous aiderai. He will arrive at noon. Il arrivera midi.

should/ought to = devoir (in the conditional) I should/ought to leave soon. Je devrais partir bientt. You should/ought to help me. Vous devriez m'aider.

would (in the present) = French conditional mood We would like to leave. Nous voudrions partir. I would help you if I were ready. Je vous aiderais si j'tais prt.

would (in the past) = French imperfect tense He would always read when he was alone. Il lisait toujours quand il tait seul. Last year, I would sleep until noon every day. L'anne dernire, je dormais jusqu' midi tous les jours. English modals may be followed by "have" plus a past participle to express perfect (completed) actions. Translating this construction usually requires a French verb in a perfect tense/mood followed by an infinitive. could have = pouvoir (in the conditional perfect) I could have helped you. J'aurais pu vous aider.

We could have eaten. Nous aurions pu manger.

may/might have = peut-tre, se pouvoir (pluspast subjunctive) I may/might have done it. Je l'ai peut-tre fait, Il se peut que je l'aie fait.

must have = devoir (in the pass compos) You must have seen it. Vous avez d le voir. He must have eaten. Il a d manger.

shall/will have = French future perfect I shall/will have eaten. J'aurai mang. He will have arrived by noon. Il sera arriv avant midi.

should have = devoir (in the conditional perfect) You should have helped. Vous auriez d aider. We should have eaten. Nous aurions d manger.

would have = French conditional perfect I would have helped you. Je vous aurais aid.

He would have eaten it. Il l'aurait mang.

Recevoir - to receive
Simple conjugations for the French verb recevoir
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Present je tu il nous vous ils reois reois reoit recevons recevez reoivent

Future recevrai recevras recevra recevrons recevrez recevront

Imperfect recevais recevais recevait recevions receviez recevaient

Present participle recevant

Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir reu

Subjunctive je reoive

Conditional recevrais

Pass simple reus

Imperfect subjunctive reusse

tu il nous vous ils

reoives reoive recevions receviez reoivent

recevrais recevrait recevrions recevriez recevraient

reus reut remes retes reurent

reusses ret reussions reussiez reussent

Imperative (tu) (nous) (vous) reois recevons recevez to catch sight of, to foresee to conceive to disappoint to perceive to receive Verb conjugation pattern Recevoir is an irregular verb All French verbs ending in -cevoir are conjugated this way.

apercevoir concevoir dcevoir percevoir recevoir

Valoir - to be worth
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Present je tu il nous vous ils vaux vaux vaut valons valez valent

Future vaudrai vaudras vaudra vaudrons vaudrez vaudront

Imperfect valais valais valait valions valiez valaient

Present participle valant

Pass compos Auxiliary verb Past participle avoir valu

Subjunctive je tu il nous vous ils vaille vailles vaille valions valiez vaillent

Conditional vaudrais vaudrais vaudrait vaudrions vaudriez vaudraient

Pass simple valus valus valut valmes valtes valurent

Imperfect subjunctive valusse valusses valt valussions valussiez valussent

Imperative (tu) vaux Verb conjugation pattern Valoir is an irregular verb Similar verbs: quivaloir- to be equivalent to | prvaloir- to prevail, overcome

Plus Pronunciation
The French adverb plus has different pronunciations, depending on how it's used. Generally speaking, when plus has a positive meaning (e.g., more, extra, additional) it is pronounced [ploos]. When it is used as a negative adverb (meaning "no more"), it is usually pronounced [ploo]. The way I remember this is by thinking that the positive sense of the word has an extra sound, while the negative sense does not. In other words, the [s] sound is subtractedwhen the word has a negative meaning, added when it has a positive meaning. Isn't that clever? ;-) This general pronunciation rule applies to plus when it's used as an affirmative or negative adverb. When used as a comparative or superlative, the rules are somewhat different. Affirmative adverb - [ploos] Plus de means "more (than)" or "additional" Je veux plus de beurre. Il y aura plus de choix demain. J'ai plus de 1 000 livres. I want more butter. There will be additional choices tomorrow. I have more than 1,000 books.

Negative adverb - [ploo] Ne ... plus is a negative adverb, meaning "no more" or "not any more" Je ne le veux plus. Je ne veux plus de beurre. Plus de beurre, merci.** I don't want it any more. I don't want any more butter. No more butter, thank you.

Non plus means "neither" or "not ... either" Je n'aime pas les pommes non plus. I don't like apples either. - Je n'ai pas de montre. - I don't have a watch.

- Moi non plus !

- Me neither!

Ne ... plus que means "only" or "nothing more than" Il n'y a plus que miettes. - Y a-t-il des pommes ? - Plus qu'une.** There are only crumbs (left). - Are there any apples? - Only one.

Ne ... pas plus means "no more than" (pretty much the same thing as ne ... plus que) Il n'y a pas plus de 3 mdecins. - Puis-je emprunter un stylo ? - Je n'en ai pas plus d'un. There are no more than 3 doctors. - Can I borrow a pen? - I only have one.

**Note: There are a few expressions in which plus is negative without ne, because there is no verb for ne to negate. Note that these are normally at the beginning of a clause:

Plus besoin (de) - (there's) no more need (to/of) Plus de + noun - (there's) no more + noun Plus maintenant - not any more, not any longer Plus que + noun - (there are) only ___ more

In addition, the ne is often omitted in spoken, informal French (learn more). This is when pronouncing or not pronouncing the [s] is most important. If I say Je veux plus [ploo] de beurre, someone may very well think I mean I don't want any more butter. This is actually how I learned the difference between the two pronunciations. I was eating breakfast and asked, Y a-t-il plus [ploo] de beurre ? and the woman replied, Mais si, si ! (yes in response to a negative question). I should have asked Y a-t-il plus [ploos] de beurre ? Comparative/superlative adverb Plus as a comparative or superlative adverb is the exception to the above rules. When the comparative or superlative plus is in the middle of a sentence, it is

pronounced [ploo], unless it precedes a vowel, in which case the liaison causes it to be pronounced [plooz]. When plus is at the end of a sentence, as in the final example, it is pronounced [ploos]. Plus ... que or plus ... de indicates superiority in comparatives and can compare adjectivesJe suis plus grand qu'elle. adverbs nouns verbs Je cours plus vite qu'elle. J'ai plus d'amis qu'elle. Je cours plus qu'elle. I'm taller than she is. I run faster than she does. I have more friends than she does. I run more than she does.

Le plus or le plus de indicates superiority in superlatives and can compare adjectivesJe suis le plus grand tudiant.I'm the tallest student. adverbs nouns verbs Je cours le plus vite. J'ai le plus d'amis. Je cours le plus. I run the fastest. I have the most friends. I run the most.

En plus vs De plus En plus signifies something above and beyond, while de plus makes a comparison. This is sometimes a very subtle distinction. en plus extra J'ai une chaise en plus. les frais de poste en plus I have an extra chair. shipping charges (are) extra; not including shipping

en plus de

on top of En plus de ses cours, il travaille pleintemps. On top of his classes, he works fulltime.

En plus de cela...

On top of all that...

de plus

more, additional, in addition, furthermore J'ai une chaise de plus. Il a trois ans de plus que moi. De plus, nous sommes en retard. I have an additional chair. He is three years older than I am. (And) Furthermore, we're late.

une fois de plus

once more Allons-y une fois de plus. Let's go there one more time.

de plus en plus

more and more Je deviens de plus en plus fatigu. aller de plus en plus vite I'm getting more and more tired. to go faster and faster

au plus

at the most Tu as une heure au plus. You have an hour at the most.

tout au plus

at the very most Il a 15 minutes tout au plus. He has 15 minutes at the very most.

d'autant plus ![ploos]

All the more reason!

- Je ne veux pas acheter un livre ; je n'aime - I don't want to buy a book; I don't pas lire. like to read. - D'autant plus ! - All the more reason (that you should)!

moi non plus[ploo]

me neither Il n'est pas prt, et moi non plus. He's not ready, and neither am I.

plus + adverb[ploo] more + adverb (comparative) Marchez plus vite. Parle plus haut ! Walk more quickly. Speak up!

plus ou moins[plooz]

more or less, about

Il a plus ou moins 10 ordinateurs. Elle a fait plus ou moins tout.

He has about 10 computers. She did more or less everything.

plus que jamais[ploos]

more than ever

Je t'aime plus que jamais.

I love you more than ever.

qui plus est[plooz] furthermore (interchangeable withde plus) Qui plus est, je ne veux pas le faire. And furthermore, I don't want to do it.

tant et plus de[ploo]

ever so much, many

Il y a tant et plus d'eau ! Nous avons tant et plus de livres !

There is ever so much water! We have ever so many books!

J'en peux plus. [ploo] Plus a change (plus c'est la mme chose) Plus fait douceur que violence.

I can't take (it) any more. The more things change (the more they stay the same) Kindness succeeds where force will fail.

Plus on est de fous, plus on rit. [plooz]The more the merrier.

tirer plus vite que son ombre

to be quick off the mark, to move at lightning speed

Bon march- Cheap, inexpensive *Synonyms (positive and negative)

un bon rapport qualit-prix - good value une bonne affaire - good deal un prix avantageux - bargain price pas cher - inexpensive une mauvaise affaire - bad deal la pacotille - cheap piece of junk

Sandrine va dmnager en Australie, pour apprendre faire du surf. - C'est vrai ? / Sans blague ? - Non, je plaisante. Blague part / Sans blague, elle y va parce qu'elle a reu une offre d'emploi. "Sandrine is moving to Australia, to learn how to surf." "Really? / No kidding?" "No, I'm just kidding. Seriously, she's going because she was offered a job." Depuis que son pre est parti, mon fils n'est pas bien dans sa peau. Since his father left, my son hasn't been comfortable with himself / has been troubled. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais je suis mal dans ma peau ce matin. I don't know why, I just don't feel like myself this morning. Nous ne nous sentons jamais bien dans notre peau. We never feel at ease with ourselves. Synonyms: tre dans son assiette, tre bien dans sa tte, se sentir bien dans sa tte

cause de because of, due to ah bon (?) oh really? I see la fois at the same time la limite at most, in a pinch la rigueur or even, if need be la une front page news la vtre ! cheers! allons-y ! let's go! mon avis in my opinion

 peine hardly peu prs about, approximately, nearly a priori at first glance, in principle tes souhaits bless you au cas o just in case au contraire on the contrary au fait by the way au fur et mesure as, while au lieu de instead of, rather than avoir l'air (de) to look (like) bien dans sa peau content, comfortable, at ease with oneself bien entendu of course, obviously bien sr of course blague part seriously, all kidding aside Bon anniversaire ! Happy birthday! Bon apptit ! Enjoy your meal! Bon dbarras ! Good riddance! bon march inexpensive, cheap un bon rapport qualit-prix good value a alors how about that, my goodness a marche ok, that works a m'est gal it's all the same to me a ne fait rien never mind, it doesn't matter a va (?) how's it going?, I'm fine a vaut le coup it's worth it c'est it is c'est--dire that is, i.e., I mean c'est parti here we go, and we're off c'est pas vrai ! no way! ce n'est pas grave it doesn't matter, no problem ce n'est pas terrible it's not that great comme d'habitude, comme d'hab as usual un coup de fil phone call un coup d'il glance, quick look d'ailleurs moreover, might I add dj vu already seen de rien you're welcome de trop too much / many dis donc / dites donc wow, by the way du coup as a result du jour au lendemain overnight du tout not/none at all

en effet indeed, that's right en fait in fact enfin well, I mean en retard late entendre dire que to hear (it said) that entendre parler de to hear (someone talk) about entre chien et loup at dusk, twilight est-ce que (turns statement into question) et j'en passe and that's not all et patati et patata and so on and so forth tre en train de to be ___ing faire cadeau to give (something), to let off easily faire le pont to make it a long weekend fais gaffe watch out, be careful fais voir let me see figure-toi guess what, get this 'fin well, I mean thanks to

grce

il est it is il faut it's necessary il y a there is, there are il y a quelque chose qui cloche

something's amiss

J'arrive ! I'm on my way! j'en passe et des meilleures and that's not all J'en peux plus I can't take (it) any more Je n'en reviens pas I can't believe it Je n'y peux rien There's nothing I can do about it. Je n'y suis pour rien It's got nothing to do with me je t'aime I love you France's motto

Libert, galit, Fraternit

ma foi frankly, well, indeed mtro, boulot, dodo the rat race

n'est-ce pas ? right? isn't that so? n'importe quoi whatever oh l l oh dear, oh no on ne sait jamais you never know on peut se tutoyer ? can we use tu? On y va ? Shall we go? Ready? par contre whereas, on the other hand par exemple for example, such as; oh my, well really! pas de problme no problem pas du tout not at all pas mal not bad, quite a bit pas terrible not that great, nothing special plus a change... the more things change... prendre une dcision to make a decision quand mme anyway, really, finally quand on parle du loup speak of the devil revenons nos moutons let's get back to the subject at hand rien voir nothing to do with sans blague seriously, all kidding aside si ce n'est pas indiscret if it's not too personal a question si tu veux if you will tant mieux it's just as well, even better tant pis oh well, too bad, tough tel quel as is, just like that; mediocre tiens here you go, there you are tout coup all of a sudden tout fait absolutely, exactly tout l'heure in a moment, a moment ago tout de suite right away, immediately tout d'un coup all at once tu connais la musique you know the routine tu m'tonnes tell me something I don't know tu te rends compte ? can you imagine? to be worth it

valoir le coup

Vive la France ! Long live France! voil there is, that's it