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French future perfect tense - le futur antérior (past future)

French Future Perfect Tense

le futur antérieur The future perfect (or le futur antérieur / past future tense) is used to describe actions which will have happened in the future. For example, J’aurai mangé (I will have eaten). The future perfect often appears in sentences with an element of anteriority: Action A will have happened before action B.

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French past subjunctive - le passé du subjonctif.

French Past Subjunctive

le passé du subjonctif The French past subjunctive (le passé du subjonctif) is used in the same way as the present subjunctive where certain verbs, conjunctions and impersonal expressions require the subjunctive to express wishes, emotions and doubts.

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Miam! (or miam-miam) - French interjection meaning yum, yummy.

Miam! (Yum / yummy)

Level A1 (Beginner) Today we’ll cover a fun and useful French interjection: “Maim !”, meaning “yum!” or “yummy!”. You’ll learn its: MeaningPronunciationExample sentences

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French pluperfect subjunctive - Le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif.

French Pluperfect Subjunctive

le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif The pluperfect or past perfect subjunctive (le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif) is a mood used in French literature. It is equivalent to the the past subjunctive in spoken French. It differs from the imperfect subjunctive in that the past action is completed.

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