Verb Timeline

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Tableau chronologique de verbes français

This table shows how all 24 French verb tenses and moods fit together. Click any link for a detailed lesson on that tense-mood combination.

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    PAST TENSES    PRESENT TENSES    FUTURE TENSES
PERSONAL MOODS
Indicative   compound past
simple past ]
imperfect
pluperfect
past anterior ]
  present   future
future perfect
             
Subjunctive   past subjunctive
imperfect subj ]
pluperfect subj ]
  subjunctive   subjunctive )
             
Imperative   past imperative   imperative   imperative )
             
Conditional   past conditional
past conditional 2 ]
  conditional   conditional )
             
IMPERSONAL MOODS
Infinitive   past infinitive   infinitive   future infinitive
             
Participle   past participle
perfect participle
  present participle   future participle

 Notes

Personal moods have different conjugations for each subject, while impersonal moods have only one form.

( Parentheses ) indicate present tense verb forms which are also used for the future.

[ Brackets ] indicate literary equivalents.

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