Tense - Temps - French Grammar + Pronunciation Glossary

Definition: Tense refers to one of eight verb forms which express the time and completion (or lack thereof) of the verb's action or condition.

French tenses:

 * Présent - Present
 * Imparfait - Imperfect
 * Passé simple - Preterite, Simple past
 * Passé composé - Present perfect
 * Plus-que-parfait - Past perfect
 * Passé antérieur - Past anterior
 * Futur - Future
 * Futur antérieur - Future perfect

Related lessons: Verb timeline - Verb tenses

Related terms: mood - voice