Summary of French Conjugation Lecture

Introduction

• Video aims to summarize all French conjugations.
• Similar format to a previous video on French pronouns.
• New course "Verbs and Conjugation" released with a three-day offer.

Present Tense

• Most used French tense.
• Describes actions happening now or general truths (e.g., "Earth is round").
• Used in biographies for a dynamic storytelling style (e.g., "Just born, Victor Hugo is the center of attention").
• Used to describe future actions dynamically (e.g., "Tomorrow, I'm going to Spain").

Progressive Present

• Rarely used compared to English or Spanish.
• Example: "Shh! I'm in the middle of a phone call!"

Past Tenses

• Recent Past: Used for actions that just happened (e.g., "I just finished my homework").
• Compound Past (Passé Composé): For brief, well-defined actions (e.g., "I got up at 11:00").
• Imperfect Tense: Describes setting or background in the past (e.g., "The weather was fine, the birds were singing...").
• Past Perfect (Plus-que-parfait): Describes a prior event (e.g., "When Paul arrived, they had already eaten").
• Historical Past: Used in novels for narrative (e.g., "Paul walked into the room").
• Prior Historical Past: Marks a prior action in narratives (e.g., "When he left, everyone calmed down").

Future Tenses

• Near Future (Futur Proche): Used for imminent actions or events close to the present (e.g., "I'm moving to Toulouse soon").
• Indicative Future: For actions further away in time (e.g., "When I grow up, I'll be a veterinarian").
• Prior Future (Futur Antérieur): Indicates an action that will have been completed (e.g., "It will happen when we have finished").

Conditional Tenses

• Conditional Present: Used for uncertain events, politeness, or hypotheses (e.g., "There are storm risks", "I would like that").
• Conditional Past: For unverified events, regrets, or criticisms (e.g., "Scientists reportedly discovered...", "I would have liked to be an artist").

Subjunctive Tenses

• Subjunctive Present: Follows "that" for uncertainty (e.g., "You have to come at 5:00").
• Past Subjunctive: For uncertain past actions (e.g., "I don't think she has finished").

Imperative Tense

• Used for commands or advice (e.g., "Shut up!", "Take the second on the right...").

Gerund

• Expresses simultaneous actions or circumstantial complements (e.g., "He works while singing").

Present Participle

• Rarely used; for journalistic style or expressing causation (e.g., "This product being too expensive...").

Conclusion

• Detailed exercises and videos available in the "Verbs and Conjugation" course.
• Encouragement to subscribe and check out the course offer.

Note

• Some tenses not covered in this summary (e.g., imperfect subjunctive, super-compound past). More details are in the course.