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The majority of verbs take the 'avoir' form when conjugated into the past tense. Such as 'J'ai mangé', 'J'ai fait', 'J'ai téléphoné'. However, certain verbs take the 'etre' form. It is sometimes difficult...

The basic rule is that you don’t have to make the past participle agree with the object (the noun) in the passé composé: ‘I picked the flowers’ is ‘j’ai cueilli les fleurs’ even though ‘fleurs’ is feminin...

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Imperatives are used to give orders, express encouragement or give advice. They are formed from the present tenses forms of verbs of the second person singular (tu), second person plural (vous) and the fi...

These are both common tenses used to describe past actions in French. The imparfait (imperfect) tense has endings like this: Je -ais, Tu -ais, Il/Elle/On -ait, Nous -ions, V...