French Verb Tenses | Moods | VoicesLessons on present, past, future | indicative, subjunctive, imperative } active, passive, reflexive …
The name might be scary but the grammar is easy: a periphrastic tense is a verbal construction consisting of a specific semi-auxiliary verb plus an infinitive. These verbal phrases offer additional nuance to the normal range of verb tenses. 
The rarest French verb form is the pluperfect subjunctive. It's a literary tense, meaning that it's reserved for formal, written French - mainly literature, but also history and journalism. C1 - Advanced French • conjugation lessons • tenses moods voices
The French present participle, which always ends in -ant, may be used as a verb, gerund, noun, or adjective. Structurally, French present participles are equivalent to "verb + ing" in English, but grammatically there are many differences between them.
A2 - Low-Intermediate French • tenses moods voices
The French present tense, also known as the present indicative, is fairly similar to the English simple present, but there are some key differences. A1 - Beginning French • lesson plans • tenses moods voices
The grammatical term "pronominal" means "relating to a pronoun." You know that conjugated verbs (almost) always need a subject pronoun, but pronominal verbs need a reflexive pronoun as well. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • conjugation lessons • tenses moods voices
Reciprocal verbs use a reflexive pronoun to indicate that the action of the verb is exchanged between two or more subjects acting upon each other. 
Reflexive verbs indicate that their subjects are performing some action on themselves, but what about when the subject doesn't matter so much as the action itself? You can convert the sentence into the passive voice, but in doing so, you have to lose the reflexive. 
For reflexive verbs, the reflexive pronoun indicates that the subject of the verb is performing the action on him/her/itself, rather than on someone or something else. The majority of reflexive verbs have to do with one's body, clothing, or relationships. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • lesson plans • tenses moods voices
Semi-auxiliary verbs are used with infinitives to influence their meaning, tense, mood, or aspect. Some French semi-auxiliaries are equivalent to English modal verbs, and most of the top 10 French verbs can or must be used as semi-auxiliaries. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • tenses moods voices • verbs
Learn how each simple conjugation of avoir serves as the auxiliary verb for a corresponding compound verb form. B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • conjugation lessons • tenses moods voices • verbs
Learn how each simple conjugation of être serves as the auxiliary verb for a corresponding compound tense or mood. B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • tenses moods voices • verbs
The French subjunctive is a special verb form, called a "mood," that is used in dependent clauses to indicate some sort of subjectivity, uncertainty, or unreality in the mind of the speaker. B1 - Intermediate French • lesson plans • tenses moods voices
Ce tableau montre la relation entre les 24 temps et modes verbaux. Cliquer sur un lien pour lire la leçon détaillée sur cette combinaison de temps et mode. 
The Subjunctivisor is an interactive tool that will advise you on whether to use the subjunctive or indicative with more than 275 French verbs, expressions, and conjunctions. Rather than the imperative mood, third-person orders (indirect commands, wishes, concessions, suppositions, exclamations) are given with que + subjunctive, with no preceding main clause. These are generally equivalent to "let" or "may" in English. 
Unlike other French suffixes, -ci does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's attached to.
Unlike other French suffixes, -là does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's added to.Bonjour !
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