Simple and Compound Tenses and Moods: Être Verbs

Temps et modes simples et composés

This chart shows the relationship between the conjugations of simple and compound French tenses and moods: each simple conjugation of être serves as the helping verb of a compound conjugation of the être verb aller. English translations are provided just to give you a rough idea; click the links for detailed lessons on how to use and translate each tense and mood.

Simple Tense / Mood				Helping Verb		Compound Tense / Mood
Infinitive	aller to go			être to be		Past infinitive	être allé to have gone
Present tense	je vais I go			je suis I am		Passé composé	je suis allé I have gone
Future	j’irai I will go			je serai I will be		Future perfect	je serai allé I will have gone
Conditional	j’irais I would go			je serais I would be		Conditional perfect	je serais allé I would have gone
Imperfect	j’allais I was going			j’étais I was (being)		Pluperfect	j’étais allé I had gone
Passé simple	j’allai I went			je fus I was		Past anterior	je fus allé I went
Subjunctive	j’aille I go			je sois I am/be		Past subjunctive	je sois allé I went
Imperfect subjunctive	j’allasse I went			je fusse I was		Pluperfect subjunctive	je fusse allé I had gone
Imperative	(tu) va go			sois be		Past imperative	sois allé have gone
Present participle	allant going			étant being		Perfect participle	étant allé having gone

Simple and compound French verb conjugations

• Avoir verbs
• Être verbs
• Pronominal verbs

 Related lessons

• Être verbs
• Agreement with être verbs
• French verb timeline
• Introduction to verbs
• Introduction to verb conjugation
• Translating French verb conjugations
• Word order with compound tenses/moods

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