All French Verb Tenses Simplified

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Learning the many verb tenses (and moods) of the French language one by one can be intimidating for French Learners due to their complexity. Getting an overview of each one can make it more clear why there are so many, and can hopefully give learners the courage and confidence to slowly learn each one in more depth. In this video, I go over when each verb tense is used, some tips on how to conjugate each one and some resources that can really help you improve your knowledge on French verb tenses and how to use them correctly.
1) Le Présent (de l'Indicatif) - 0:33
2) Le Passé Composé - 1:24
3) L'Imparfait (de l'Indicatif) - 2:42
4) Le Passé Récent - 3:38
5) Le Plus-Que-Parfait (de l'Indicatif) - 4:06
6) Le Futur Proche - 4:45
7) Le Futur Simple - 5:17
8) Le Futur Antérieur - 5:54
9) Le Subjonctif (Présent et Passé) - 6:43
10) L'Impératif (Présent) - 8:22
11) Le Conditionnel (Présent et Passé) - 9:06
12) Le Gérondif (Présent et Passé) - 10:24
"Dead" Tenses - 11:42
Useful Resources for Improving Your Ability to Correctly Use and Conjugate French Verb Tenses - 12:53

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@adeleauclair9080 2 жыл бұрын

Just a small thing, at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="380">6:20</a> if you say "je sentirai mieux" it means "i will smell better" so you have to add a "me" before to say that the subject (je in the exemple) is the one feeling better so -> je me sentirai mieux (Sentir = to smell or to have a physical feeling Se sentir = to feel an emotion)

@YeonHann 2 жыл бұрын

I am French

@qwentiin_ 2 жыл бұрын

I am french and this comment is 100% true

@charleahar 2 жыл бұрын

Also I can’t tell if he has god awful pronunciation or if he’s just québécoise

@gabcruch 2 жыл бұрын

j'y ai pensé aussi

@dheerajkhanal7251 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for explaining this but i find it really difficult because i find it confusing while using other pronouns like te, nous and other. eg: "nous nous _____" in a sentence. Sometimes i think i can understand french and sometimes i don't.

@ArtComptant 3 жыл бұрын

as a french speaker, i found this video really well made !

@bib6285 2 жыл бұрын

ton google traduction a bug je crois...

@fury_1404 2 жыл бұрын

@@bib6285 il a très bien écrit

@bib6285 2 жыл бұрын

@@fury_1404 mdrr oui le moi du passé est vraiment con

@helloiexist_43 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@val-8073 2 жыл бұрын

Un passé très proche tout de même kek

@sachinnair1613 3 жыл бұрын

How does this video have less than 500 views? This is exactly what I was looking for!

@FrenchLearningHub 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear! :)

@RealTrinity 3 жыл бұрын

Not more 😏

@wetmenyolo9919 3 жыл бұрын

@@FrenchLearningHub Love the video but your pronunciation is really throwing me off from watching :(

@Galaxytron-pr2lt 2 жыл бұрын

its has 21k views now

@tomsmith1803 2 жыл бұрын

because people don't study French.

@Muka-xf5vq Ай бұрын

youre actually goated bro i wouldve failed french with negative numbers without you thanks man

@enoxis1469 2 жыл бұрын

Very clear video. Just be careful at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="384">6:24</a>, “Je sentirai mieux” is not correct, it is the reflected verb “se sentir” (to feel) so you would say “Je ME sentirai mieux”.

@enoxis1469 2 жыл бұрын

@@smalls5001 I’m French, it helps 😂

@QCAL24 2 жыл бұрын

@@enoxis1469 ye a little bit

@kiwilastar 2 жыл бұрын

im french

@samikobayashi3468 2 жыл бұрын

Note to any learners that it’s not incorrect in the sense that it’s always reflexive, it’s just that “sentir” is either smell/taste or to feel something in a physical sense, whereas reflexively (“se sentir”) is to feel something emotionally. :)

@pauselab5569 2 жыл бұрын

Les deux se disent dependant du contexte

@Kevbot6000 2 жыл бұрын

I remember taking French in high school and knowing Spanish made it A LOT easier to pick up conjugation, specifically the imperfect and the subjunctive as those exist in Spanish as well with essentially the same rules in when to use them.

@adr77510 2 жыл бұрын

A Spanish speaker here too, and for the most part I actually found Spanish to be unhelpful with French grammar. French vocabulary however was much easier. The subjunctive in the two languages is pretty different. You use the subjunctive for espero que or no pienso que in Spanish while not doing so in French. The past is also set up differently, since there is no percent past in French. Yo he comido is similar to j’ai mangé in terms of grammatical structure, but they mean different things. J’ai mangé actually means the same thing as yo comí, but they have no similarity. French also doesn’t have the present continuous while Spanish does, and Spanish doesn’t have the anterior past while French does The conditional, future and imperfect are the only tenses that follow the same rules in both languages

@Kevbot6000 2 жыл бұрын

@@adr77510 I guess I should clarify that I grew up speaking Spanish and English and found myself using Spanish a lot more to try and grasp the French language as opposed to English. The mere existence of the same or similar concept in Spanish, as opposed to it not existing whatsoever in English, made me understand it a lot better than my classmates who spoke ONLY English. That’s not to say knowing English doesn’t help with French either (like a third of English vocabulary comes from French) but I found knowing Spanish more useful in understanding the grammar. For example you said the imperfect has the same rules in both languages, there is no such thing as an imperfect in English, hence why I would be able to grasp that verb conjugation a lot easier as opposed to monolingual English speakers.

@adr77510 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kevbot6000 that’s true, compared to English grammar Spanish is much more useful for French. I guess what I was trying to say was that a language like polish, which also has conjugation and some grammatical similarities with French, would be equally useful in terms of grammar as Spanish. Imperfect was definitely helpful though to already know. It’s a very tough concept for English speakers.

@basti6643 2 жыл бұрын

@@adr77510 yo he comido and yo comí are essentially the same in modern Spanish

@adr77510 2 жыл бұрын

@@basti6643 they might be used practically interchangeably, but it still would be wrong grammar. Saying, "Hace años, comí un bocadillo genial," sounds much better than, "Hace años, yo he comido un bocadillo genial"

@julienr7094 2 жыл бұрын

oh j'avais jamais vu des cours pour apprendre le français alors que je suis français. En vrai je trouve que c'est bien fait, c'est un très bon entrainement, surtout avec notre langue qui est plutôt compliqué 😅Bonne chance à vous

@julienr7094 2 жыл бұрын

@Bosça değil hoşça kalın! Yes, it is true that it is very useful in life to know several languages. Especially since it is more pleasant for people if we speak in their language

@julienr7094 2 жыл бұрын

@Bosça değil hoşça kalın! Thank you, but I'm learning and I still need to learn

@julienr7094 2 жыл бұрын

@Bosça değil hoşça kalın! Yes that's right

@KOSEIJULIUS 2 жыл бұрын

@İsim lazım değil Juste on ne dit plus souvent "des" au lieu de "de les" aussi on dit "j'ai besoin d'apprendre" et pas "j'ai besoin de apprendre" sinon bonne chance

@festox1550 2 жыл бұрын

@İsim lazım değil because the rules of the French language were created by poets and they tried to make the sounds more rounded and more pleasant to hear

@fumuki9281 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry our language is so complicated lmao But when you get to know it you realize it's such a beautiful language, good luck everyone in your learning 😊

@carthkaras6449 2 жыл бұрын

No, french isn't complicated. if a french finds it complicated it's because the education system is really elitist. The french elites are the most educated in Europe but the middle class is the less educated and this is why France ranks so poorly in the OECD ranking. Then, stop to complain about your own language, it's not your language that is difficult, it's your school system that makes you bad at it.

@finnvictorsson 2 жыл бұрын

@@carthkaras6449 POV: you have no life

@carthkaras6449 2 жыл бұрын

@@finnvictorsson you can think whatever you want ... But sometimes it's better to point out concrete issues that have a huge impact on a society. The average citizen is generally more concerned about the price of gazoil when he should be worried about the education system that perpetuates social classes. Go do your tiktok dances if you are not interrested.

@finnvictorsson 2 жыл бұрын

@@carthkaras6449 okay

@Cam3- 2 жыл бұрын

@@carthkaras6449 Je vis en France et je suis pas d'accord avec ce que tu dis

@hadima7774 9 ай бұрын

Bro summed 10 years of me learning french in school in ten minutes 💀 ☠️ And i understood it better than the past 10 years 💀 ☠️ 💀 ☠️ 💀 ☠️

@h2omelin40 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the amount of work put into this deceivingly small 13-minute video, immense respect. Thank you so, so much (I will be commenting to try to help with the algorithm bc you deserve it)!!

@marcosdrummer 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible research work to condense such a difficult topic into a 14-minute video. This is maybe the best summary I've ever seen on French conjugation. Congrats!

@wefuckwithhingesheavy7710 3 жыл бұрын

this was the perfect vid most of the other videos was just rules,while u act explained what the tenses were and the incorporation of the memes was a great idea

@FrenchLearningHub 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

@april_stxrs 2 жыл бұрын

As a Student in French immersion I am terrified as to why this came up on my recommendation page and I will proceed to cry

@MisiaJulia 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate all the time, organisation and effort it took to put this video together. Thank you

@nayandeepyadav8790 3 жыл бұрын

You killed the tense fear man, merci beaucoup

@dinab7852 Жыл бұрын

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@axelnovati 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done material. Truly a video to watch while studying carefully. 14 minutes that can easily be converted in weeks of study.

@iamURHO 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You're the BEST French teacher online.

@divakaranmashmash2229 2 жыл бұрын

A great work .Thank you, you did really great job to collect all those information in just 13 minute .This is what I was looking for a long time. many many thanks

@stevesamah4018 Жыл бұрын

This is the most helpful French Language video I've ever seen. If only I saw it when I started learning French it would have saved me years of trouble struggling with verbs.

@eglvoland4162 2 жыл бұрын

A golden rule for the "conditionnel" : verbe devoir: --> futur : je devrai --> imparfait : je devais You have to take the beginning of the future tense and the end of the "imparfait" --> je devrais And it works fine with irregular verbs

@zachsavia1205 2 жыл бұрын

I took French all four years of high school and now am in my second year of college as a French minor, this video will be incredibly helpful to me. Thank you!

@autinspare 10 ай бұрын

This is best video on French tenses I've found in 3 years of study. Thank you.

@amandadavies.. 2 жыл бұрын

This was absolute heaven for me at school. Found it all extremely easy and it was such a pleasure to learn. I hated everything other than languages ( I did Spanish and Italian too) and would have gone crazy if I hadn't had those to break up all the stuff I hated.

@paolappsd 2 жыл бұрын

this is a super helpful video and i truly appreciate your work! 14 minutes i was ghastly frustrated, staring at the cold, hard french grammar textbook at my desk. And now everything has only gotten much explicit with your well-explained video. In my culture, we'd say things thrice to suggest its significance. right now i just wanna say: thank you, thank you, and thank you!!!

@Dedi369 2 жыл бұрын

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@ChildofGod-c3j Ай бұрын

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@GabrielObed-wc5xg 25 күн бұрын

@@ChildofGod-c3j bro theres stull people viewing this after 2 years?

@navatejgamer7359 18 күн бұрын

JAI SHREE RAM

@hhf39p 18 күн бұрын

I think you meant: jesuserai christons.

@sunendran 18 күн бұрын

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@user-jj3su1on4x 2 жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely golden content. I will come back to rewatch many times. Thank you for doing this!

@OTFdyl 11 ай бұрын

thanks ,i loved how it was quick yet talked in detail and how this is helped me a lot . you would love if you can do more , for example verbs and what happens to them in each tenses . love how he talked a ear of school french under 10 mins . thank you soo much !!!

@malx_heartz 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I had a test (in school) about how we conjugate verbs and this video really helped me. I got a 19/20!!

@andreabrown3086 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely the BEST explanation and guide to the french tenses that I have come across....and just in time! I'm in french language school and this verb tense thing is kicking my butt !! There are not enough verb charts in the world to keep this stuff straight

@lalitalopes Жыл бұрын

Je ne crois pas qu'une vidéo de 13 :40 minutes était plus effective que six mois de cours. Merci pour tout !

@user-zp7in1vu8u 10 ай бұрын

J'ai pris des notes et essayé de comprendre jusqu'à la fin de la vidéo, je n'ai jamais abandonné😂je me félicite, merci beaucoup.❤

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@charlestardif5377 2 жыл бұрын

Très bonne explication et merci d’expliquer cette langue qui a tant d’exception! Traduction : Really good explanation et thanks to explain this complicated language!

@adithyasriram7955 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, where have you been in all my French-learning adventure, this is so well explained! Thank you so much! Subbed and looking forward to more concepts! :D (Although I do have an idea, it would be amazing if you made a video on “Mettez le verbes au temps convenables“ as there are not many good Edu videos out there, if this happens it would help a load of people out there (: )

@fury_1404 2 жыл бұрын

@@FirstZestie c’est super compliqué comme langue les mots sont compliqués beaucoup d’irréguliers et aucuns ne se ressemblent , énormément de règles de grammaire etc

@fury_1404 2 жыл бұрын

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@akankshapendharkar1387 3 жыл бұрын

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@fury_1404 2 жыл бұрын

Just be careful Je ME sentirai mieux is I will feel better BUT Je [nothing here] sentirai mieux is I will smell better ( with the nose ) if you want to say how people smell you it is je sentirai bon ou mal but not mieux

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I watch this video every time before my French exam🤩🤩. Really very useful for revision

@amitakhare5866 8 ай бұрын

Damn.... I mean hats off to this dude... He made me revise all the tenses so easily. Thanks dude

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This video alone solved a lot of my doubts. Gold!

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Congrats on 600K views!! Your video was very helpful

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Thank you so much, because of you I now understand these much better 😊

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This was a great and informative video. Literally have a French quiz next week

@FrenchLearningHub 3 жыл бұрын

Merci ! Good luck on your quiz 😁

@marupar2292 2 жыл бұрын

with this video I learned more English grammar than what I learned in four years like eleven years age. Nice Job!

@hannofranz7973 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent crash course on the use of the tenses in French

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SUPER helpful video.. most websites/videos/textbooks make choosing which verb to use seems so complicated

@jayeguan3677 10 ай бұрын

so helpful. nervous as i am getting back on french this fall in college. this is so hard but much better explained than in school.

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@FrenchLearningHub 3 жыл бұрын

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Loved the completeness and using the same sentence for each form...made it easy to envision...merci!!

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@marcthomt1 Күн бұрын

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This was so helpful. Great to have all the tenses summarised like this. It made for a helpful review. Thank you.

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I am French revising for my final test… This is great, great explanations

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@sillymatilda 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. And thank you for info about dead tenses in French. I wanted to pickup some books at library and a friend of mine who knows some French said he couldn't understand some verb conjugations and told me to stick to non-fictional books/journals, instead of fiction and unrealistic/fantasy settings and characters.