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Le conditionnel The French conditional conjugation is used to express hypothetical situations, polite requests, and to indicate actions that are dependent on certain conditions. It corresponds to the English “would” or “could” form. The conditional mood is formed by adding specific endings to the verb stem, which is usually the infinitive form of the verb. 1 Here is the conditional conjugation of regular verbs: person -er -ir -re je parlerais (I would speak) choisirais (I would choose) vendrais (I would sell) tu parlerais choisirais vendrais il/elle/on parlerait choisirait vendrait nous parlerions choisirions vendrions vous parleriez choisiriez vendriez ils/elles parleraient choisiraient vendraient It’s important to note that irregular verbs have their own conjugation patterns in the conditional tense....

L’imparfait The French imperfect tense (imparfait) is a descriptive past tense that indicates an ongoing state of being or a repeated or incomplete action. The beginning and end of the state of being or action are not indicated, and the imperfect is very often translated in English as “was” or “was ___-ing”. We use the imperfect tense to describe situations, people, properties, comments, explanations, repeated actions, and simultaneously occurring actions in the past....

l’équipe nationale de football féminine Adjective for a compound noun agrees with the head word, in this case, l’équipe. partir Certain verbs are conjugated in the perfect tense with être instead of avoir when used intransitively. And different from avoir-conjugated verbs, the past participle in this case agrees with the subject. je suis parti tu es parti il est parti / elle est partie nous sommes partis vous êtes partis ils sont partis / elles sont parties Infinitive Past Participle venir venu aller allé entrer entré devenir devenu rentrer rentré retourner retourné sortir sorti rester resté passer passé arriver arrivé montrer montré Peu de temps après, Manuel est venu vivre avec son oncle et sa tante dans le sud de la France....

Le participe présent Verb Present Participle Special Rule Example Sentence commencer commençant Add cedilla (ç) to maintain soft ‘c’ sound Il est en train de commençant son projet. manger mangeant Keep ’e’ before ‘ant’ to maintain soft ‘g’ sound Les enfants sont mangeant des bonbons. placer plaçant Add cedilla (ç) to maintain soft ‘c’ sound Elle est plaçant les livres sur l’étagère. lancer lançant Add cedilla (ç) to maintain soft ‘c’ sound Il est lançant le ballon dans le jeu....

de la part de une part a piece, a slice Voulez-vous une part de gâteau au chocolat ? Do you want a piece of chocolate cake? on behalf of Je dois vous remercier de la part de mon frère. I must thank you on behalf of my brother. C’est de la part de qui ? Who shall I say is calling? Je l’appelle de la part de Michelle. The caller may be Michelle herself or someone calling on her behalf....