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In French, to talk in the past about an event, a precise action (that didn't last), we use the perfect tense. It is basically formed using two components : an auxiliary verb and a past participle. There a...

You usually know that a verb is in the second group when it finishes by "-ir". However, some verbs of the third group also end by "-ir". The differentiation is then possible when you l...

There is an easy way of knowing the difference between and when to use which object pronoun! To figure out the direct object of a sentence, simply ask yourself "who?" or "what?". For e...

The difference between both is that there is one which is the conditional and one is the future. With an 's', it's the conditional which demonstrates a wish, a possible action in the future but we are not...

French verbs either take the auxiliary verbs avoir or être when conjugating in the perfect tense (or passé composé). The best way to remember which verbs take which auxiliary is the MRS VANDERTRAMP method...