French Verb Tenses and Moods - Impersonals and Imperatives

This lesson is designed to give you an overview of how French and English verb forms match up, but for more detailed information and examples, please click the links to read the lessons.

Imperatives
For these verb forms, I'm using the nous form of prendre (to take) and the vous form of aller (to go).

Imperative
   (nous) prenons - let's take
   (vous) allez - go

Past imperative
   (nous) ayons pris - let's have (something) taken
   (vous) soyez allé(e)(s) - have gone


Impersonals
Impersonal conjugations have only one form for each tense - impersonal means that they are not conjugated for different grammatical persons.

Simple impersonal conjugations

Present participle
   prenant - taking
   allant - going

Past participle
   pris - took, taken
   allé - gone, went


Compound impersonal conjugations

Perfect participle
   ayant pris - having taken
   étant allé(e)(s) - having gone

Past infinitive
   avoir pris - have taken, having taken
   être allé(e)(s) - have gone, having gone


Conjugating verbs
   Simple tenses
   Compound tenses
   Impersonals and imperatives
   Modal verbs