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French verbs and tenses

French verbs change their endings for each person and tense. That sounds like a lot, but most verbs follow the regular -er pattern, and a dozen frequent irregular verbs cover most of everyday speech.

The lessons below go from the present of être and avoir to the literary tenses, in teaching order. For any single verb, see its full conjugation table.

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Each lesson has a full explanation, examples you can listen to, and exercises with answers.

A0 (the A0 course)

A1 (the A1 course)

A2 (the A2 course)

B1 (the B1 course)

B2 (the B2 course)

C1 (the C1 course)

C2 (the C2 course)

In the app, these lessons are taught one idea at a time with audio, practised until you get them right on three separate days, and brought back when your own French shows a mistake on them.

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