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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.
| PAST TENSES | PRESENT TENSES | FUTURE TENSES | ||||
| PERSONAL MOODS | ||||||
| Indicative | compound past [ simple past ] imperfect pluperfect [ past anterior ] |
present | future future perfect |
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| 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.
Related features
- Introduction to verb conjugation
- Tense | Mood | Voice
- Verb conjugation tables
- Tableau chronologique de verbes français
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