Tenses and Conjugation

French • 26 Nov 2023

How to Use Stem-changing Verbs in French

Thanks to French verb conjugation, we know who’s doing what and can situate their actions in time. Broadly speaking, French…

French • 8 Oct 2023

If you’ve been studying the subjunctive—one of the most notorious French grammatical moods—you may already know that there are plenty…

French • 9 Sep 2023

In French, as in English, we use the indicative mood for statements of fact and descriptions of the world around…

French • 21 Aug 2023

The future is one of the most dynamic topics in any language. In French, mastering future tenses allows you to…

French • 28 Jul 2023

As you may know, there are two main types of verbs in French: regular and irregular verbs. Today we’ll look…

French • 20 Jul 2023

While past participles in French seem straightforward at first, irregular ones can throw a curveball. Below I’ve covered 50 of…

French • 19 Jul 2023

Être and avoir are perhaps the most commonly used French verbs–and they’re also infinitely useful in creating French’s compound verb…

French • 11 Jul 2023

The bane of most intermediate French learners’ existence is the subjunctive: The verb mood used to express desire, uncertainty and…

French • 16 Jun 2023

In French, verbs that end in -er are by far the most common, making up around 90% of all verbs…

French • 12 Jun 2023

When learning French it can be challenging to remember whether a verb is conjugated regularly or irregularly, and how the…