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How is the French subjunctive mood constructed?

The subjunctive mood is used in French to express several different things, such as uncertainty, hope or fear. Firstly we will look at how it is constructed: For regular verbs, we take the third person plura...
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Answered by Alice J. • French tutor
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What is the difference between the present perfect and the imperfect?

Present Perfect Finished past action: Il a cuisiné. An action which lasted a certain amount of time: Elle a étudié au lycée pendant trois ans. An action which has been repeated several times: Il a sonné quat...
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Answered by Esther M. • French tutor
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Speak about the future using the present tense, future tense - not to be confused with the conditional tense french

English: Present continuous to talk about the future - I am going to go... French: Present to talk about the future - Je vais aller...
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Answered by Matthew D. • French tutor
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Tell me the different endings for regular -er, -ir and -re verbs (complete the text)

-ER verbs: je: …-e tu: …-es il/elle/on: …-e nous: …-ons vous: …-ez ils/elles: …-ent -IR verbs: je: …-is tu: …-is il/elle/on: …-it nous: …-issons vous: …-issez ils/elles: …-issent -RE verbs: je: …-s tu: …-s i...
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Answered by Molly R. • French tutor
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I keep seeing words such as 'soit' instead of 'est' in texts and I don't understand what it is and why it's there, could you explain?

You are in dangerous territory, you have reached a time where you have no choice but to learn about this dreaded rule. The Subjunctive. You'll be seeing a lot more of this is you choose to take French as an ...
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Answered by Alicia F. • French tutor
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