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I don't understand the future tense. Please can you explain it to me?

In French there are 2 future tenses that you need to know about: the future tense and the immediate future tense. The future tense is formed by adding the present tense of "avoir" (Except for No...

Answered by Shannon K. French tutor
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What is an infinitive and when is it used?

An infinitive is a verb that has not been changed and is in its original form, eg with an -re, -er or -ir ending, meaning “to …”. An infinitive is commonly found: As a second verb...

Answered by Olivia M. French tutor
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How do you form the pluperfect tense?

  • The pluperfect, much like the passé composé, is a compound tense (i.e. made up of two parts). The first is the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) and the second is the past participle. For this example,...
Answered by Darcy F. French tutor
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The passé composé with 'avoir' - when should you use it and how do you form it?

The passé composé in French (perfect tense) is a type of past tense, which is used to refer to completed actions in the past. For example, in English: He played in a football match and hi...

Answered by Madeleine F. French tutor
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Speak about the future using the present tense, future tense - not to be confused with the conditional tense french

English: Present continuous to talk about the future - I am going to go... 

French: Present to talk about the future - Je vais aller... 

Answered by Matthew D. French tutor
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