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French Verbs

Work on your French verbs with these lessons, tools, and tips

Introduction to French verbs
A simple breakdown of French verbs.

French negation
How to make French sentences negative.

French verb conjugator
Find French verb conjugations online.

French verb timeline
This chart will help you understand the different verb tenses and moods.

Top 10 French Verbs
Everything you need to know about the most common French verbs: what they mean, how to conjugate and use them, and useful expressions with each of them.
 

French Verb Conjugations

Regular -ER French Verbs
Lesson on conjugating regular -er verbs.
Irregular -ER Verbs
Everything you need to know.
Regular - IR French Verbs
Learn to conjugate regular -ir verbs.
Irregular -IR French Verbs
There are some patterns to irregular verbs.
Regular -RE French Verbs
The third set of conjugations: regular -re verbs.
Irregular -RE French Verbs
Learn the patterns as well as the exceptions.
Reflexive French verbs
Some French verbs need a reflexive pronoun.
French verb encyclopedia
Simple tense conjugations of dozens of irregular verbs.

 
French Verb Tenses and Moods

Présent
Learn to use the French present tense.
More tenses and modes
Learn about the imperative, subjunctive...
Passé composé
The most important French past tense.
Imparfait
What were you doing? Learn how to talk about it.
Futur
Learn how to predict events.
Conditionnel
If you would like to learn the conditional, click here.

 
Specific French verbs

Aller
Learn to conjugate and use the French verb aller.
Avoir, Être, Faire
Conjugations and usage.
Dire, Écrire, Lire
Learn about these French verbs of communication.
Partir, Sortir, Dormir
Part of an important set of irregular -IR verbs which are conjugated the same way.
Venir
An introduction to this irregular French verb.
Vouloir, Pouvoir, Devoir
To want, to be able, to have to.
More French Verbs
Lessons on other French verbs.
 

    

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