French Grammar

Discover how to use regular ER verbs in French. Clear endings, an audio example with parler, and a list of everyday verbs to build your skills.

Regular IR verbs can look tricky, but they’re easy once you know the sounds. This lesson shows how to conjugate finir and other IR verbs step by step.

Understand regular RE verbs in French with clear endings and an audio example of attendre. A quick, practical guide to present-tense conjugations.

👉 Check out j’aurais dû, a phrase using the past conditional meaning “I should have.” In French, there are two forms of the conditional perfect (ak.a. the past conditional). This other post covers the first past conditional. The first and second conditional perfect have the same value but the second form appears like the pluperfect…

Le conditionnel passé The French conditional perfect (a.k.a. the past conditional) is used for expressing actions that should, could or would have happened. It is often used for expressing regrets. It is a compound tense that’s formed with the auxiliary verbs avoir or être conjugated in the present conditional and the past participle. For example,…