Present Tense — formation?
Conjugate regular verbs according to their group patterns with subject agreement.
Present Tense — purpose?
Describe current actions, habits, truths.
Passé Composé — usage?
Express completed past actions with auxiliary + past participle.
Regular -ER verb endings?
e, es, e, ons, ez, ent.
Imparfait — formation?
Use
Passé Composé — formation?
Auxiliary verb + past participle.
Imparfait — usage?
Describe ongoing, habitual, or background past actions.
Imparfait — use?
Habitual, background, ongoing past actions.
Future Tense — formation?
Add endings (-ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont) to the infinitive or stem.
Future Tense — formation?
Infinitive + future ending.
Conditional — usage?
Express hypothetical or polite actions, formed from the future stem + imperfect endings.
Conditional — role?
Express wishes, possibilities, hypothetical situations.
Subjunctive — formation?
Use third-person plural present + subjunctive endings (-e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent).
Subjunctive — formation?
Present tense stem + subjunctive endings.
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