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How do we form the Perfect tense/ Passé composé in French?

First of all, we need to learn that to form the Perfect tense in French we will need to learn the present tense of the two following verbs: avoir (which means to have) and être (the verb to be). The two verb...
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Answered by Karolina C. • French tutor
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How do I form the present subjective in French?

French Present Subjunctive First thing to know – the subjunctive is not a tense but a mood. So if you’re getting a bit moody struggling through the subjunctive, keep reading… Regular verbs The present tense ...
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Answered by Florianne H. • French tutor
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How do I know whether I should use -er, -é(e/s) or -ez?

For many people (including, unfortunately, French people), this is a recurrent mistake, despite the fact it can be avoided easily. Those endings are used for different things. The first one, '-er', is the in...
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Answered by Solweig O. • French tutor
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How do I ask a question in French?

There are three ways of turning a statement into a question in French. They are all equally good, but are perhaps used in slightly different situations, as I will explain. The first (and easiest) way is simp...
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Answered by Isabel K. • French tutor
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How do I use the verb 'manquer' ?

Manquer is a regular -er verb which means 'to miss' someone. It is a reflexive verb, which means a pronoun (me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les) must be used before the verb. Unusually, the pronoun in this case ...
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Answered by Amee T. • French tutor
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