Skip to the content

Category: French conjugation

Learn how to conjugate common French verbs such as être, avoir, and aller. Plus learn how to use the French present tense and other useful tenses and moods.

Street signs with the ocean in the background. Most are signal signs but the one in the middle shows an arrow indicating both left and right.

French si clauses and how to form them

July 2, 2024

Si clauses, of “if” clauses, are the French equivalent of “if…then” statements.  The main difference between French si clauses and English “if…then” statements is that […]

At the counter of a café, we see a white teapot, a basket of croissants, and a wooden tray of cookies.

The ultimate guide to the French conditional

April 24, 2023

The conditional is one of the most important French tenses and one you have probably already used without realizing. A common example of French phrase […]

A woman with red painted fingernails and wearing a long-sleeved black shirt holds a large mirror at the level of her head, reflecting the very bright blue sky with scattered clouds that we also see all around her.

The essential guide to French reflexive verbs

November 14, 2022

A reflexive verb is a verb that’s preceded by a reflexive pronoun. These verbs show that someone or something is doing something to/by themself. For […]

A girl or woman, whose torso, neck, and arms we see, holds a present wrapped in Christmas paper in her arms.

How to use and conjugate the French verb “recevoir”

April 4, 2022

Recevoir means “to receive” in French. But like many commonly used verbs, it has a few different shades of meaning. Let’s learn more about recevoir! Recevoir conjugation […]

view of the Eiffel tower on a sunny day

How to Conjugate the Verb pouvoir (can)

November 17, 2021

“Pouvoir” is a powerful verb. Once you know it, you can easily ask people to do something, and express what you can do. Here is […]

Dr and Mrs Vandertrampp

The ultimate guide to the passé composé (and a handy rule)

November 3, 2021

“Please don’t use the passé simple tense in your essay.” This is the first sentence our professor told us, a group of French college students, […]