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In general, the main thing to remember with the perfect tense is that it is used with a completed action in the past. The imperfect tense can be used for several purposes: to describe a person's character or...

Although it may seem intimidating at first, as it's quite different in English, it is actually quite simple once you understand this. First of all, most native speakers alternate between the two tenses quite...

In the Canadian province of Quebec, people have their own dialect of the French language. This dialect is built largely on old-fashioned and traditional French phrases, whilst also showing influence of Ameri...

The passé composé goes hand in hand with the présent de l'indicatif . It is formed by putting an auxiliary verb , être or avoir and a past participle together. The passé composé is used to describe an action...

The subjunctive should be used in French after verbs expressing: wish or desire e.g. désirer que, souhaiter que, vouloir que necessity, orders, advice, eg. falloir que, exiger que, conseiller que emotions, e...