All French Verb Tenses Simplified

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

[adeleauclair]

Just a small thing, at 6:20 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)

[ArtComptant]

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

[sachinnair]

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

[enoxis]

Very clear video. Just be careful at 6:24, “Je sentirai mieux” is not correct, it is the reflected verb “se sentir” (to feel) so you would say “Je ME sentirai mieux”.

[hadima]

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

[Kevbot]

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.

[julienr]

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

[eglvoland]

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

[Muka-xfvq]

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

[april_stxrs]

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

[homelin]

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]

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!

[nayandeepyadav]

You killed the tense fear man, merci beaucoup

[fumuki]

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 😊

[wefuckwithhingesheavy]

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

[BirceDemetÖzbilge]

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.❤

[lalitalopes]

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

[amandadavies..]

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.

[stevesamah]

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.

[zachsavia]

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!