Conjugation of verbs ending in:
-ER
e
es
e
ons
ez
ent
-RE
s
s
ons
ez
ent
-IR
is
is
it
issons
issez
issent
-TIR
s
s
t
Past Participles of regular verbs ending in:
-ER:
 é
-RE:
 u
-IR:
 i
tons
tez
tent
Passe Compose: Avoir (6B)
 Subject + Auxiliary verb (conjugated avoir) + past participle (of main verb)
ai
avons
as
avez
a
ont
 Negative sentence: ne/n’ + conjugation + pas
n’ai pas p.p
n’avons pas p.p
n’as pas p.p
n’avez pas p.p
n’a pas p.p
n’ont pas p.p
 Adverbs: subject + auxiliary + adverb (deja, encore, bien, mal, and beaucoup)
+ p.p
 Negative adverb: subject + negative auxiliary + pas + adverb + p.p
 Indirect object pronouns: only when a sentence has à + personne
me (to/for me)
te (to/for you)
lui (to/for him/her)
nous (to/for us)
vous (to/for you)
leur (to/for them)
 Indirect statement: subject + indirect object pronoun + verb conjugation that
agrees with indirect pronoun (+ secondary object, etc.)
 Negative indirect statement: subject + ne + indirect object pronoun + verb
conjugation that agrees with indirect pronoun + pas (+ secondary subject, etc.)
 If an infinitive follows a conjugated verb (essentially when it’s a sentence
implying doing something in the near future): subject + conjugated verb that
agrees with subject + indirect object pronoun + verb infinitive
 Remember: a verb infinitive is the unconjugated version of the verb.
 Remember: Direct object before auxiliary make agreement. Only applies
here
Passe Compose: Etre (7A)
 Subject + Auxiliary verb (conjugated etre) + past participle (of main verb)
suis
sommes
es
etes
est
sont
Command Form (L’imperatif):
 Does not need
L’imparfait:
 Does not need an auxiliary verb.
 Always uses the nous form of the present tense of a verb, -ons.
ais ions
ais iez
ait aient
 Verb infinitives ending in -ger need to have an added e, except in nous and
vous form (because they already have an i to make the correct
pronounciation)
 Verb infinitives ending in -cer change the c to ç, except in nous and vous
forms.