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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 Nous ...
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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 (particuraly after verbs a...
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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, I will u...
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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 his team won . They as...
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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...
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Answered by Matthew D. • French tutor
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