Category: French conjugation tip

The Subjunctive is often used in superlative statements where the speaker expresses a subjective opinion. For example, “C’est le meilleur film que j’aie jamais vu” (It’s the best movie I…

The Imperative is used to give direct instructions or commands. For example, “Écoute bien” (Listen carefully), “Ferme la porte” (Close the door), or “Ne touche pas ça” (Don’t touch that).…

The Future Perfect (Futur Antérieur) is used to describe actions that will have been completed by a specific future time. For example, “J’aurai terminé le travail avant midi” (I will…

The Conditional is frequently used to make polite requests or suggestions. For example, “Pourriez-vous m’aider?” (Could you help me?) or “Je voudrais un café, s’il vous plaît” (I would like…

The Future Simple is often used to express future plans or intentions. For example, “Je voyagerai en France l’année prochaine” (I will travel to France next year) or “Nous achèterons…

The Imperfect (Imparfait) is used to describe actions that were ongoing or habitual in the past. For example, “Il lisait chaque soir avant de se coucher” (He used to read…

The Subjunctive is often used after the expression “douter que” (to doubt that). For example, “Je doute qu’il vienne” (I doubt that he will come) or “Elle doute que tu…

“Personne” (nobody) and “rien” (nothing) can be used as negative words in compound tenses. They follow the pattern of “ne…personne” and “ne…rien” around the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je n’ai…

When using reflexive verbs in the Passé Composé, the negative form is placed around both the reflexive pronoun and the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je ne me suis pas réveillé…

The Conditionnel Passé is used to express actions that would have occurred in the past under certain conditions. The negative form is formed by placing “ne…pas” around the auxiliary verb.…

The Futur Antérieur is used to describe an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future. The negative form is created by placing “ne…pas” around…

The Plus-Que-Parfait is used to describe actions that had occurred before another action in the past. To form the negative, place “ne…pas” around the auxiliary verb. For example, “Il n’avait…