FREN 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Reflexive Pronoun, Plat, Infinitive
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Present indicative: usage, the present tense of the indicative is used to: Make generalizations or speak about habitual actions. Indicate what is going to happen in the near future. Indicate what is going to happen in the near future using aller + infinitive. Indicate what has just happened using venir de + infinitive. Indicate that an action which started in the past is continuing into the present, when used with the preposition depuis: formation, the three major groups of regular verbs, verbs with inifitive ending in -er: i. To conjugate these verbs, drop the -er of the infinitive and add -e, - es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent. Il/elle/on tudie ils/elles tudient: regular verbs with infinitives ending in -ir: i. These verbs are conjugated by dropping the -r from the infinitive and adding -s, -s, -t, -ssons, -ssez, -ssent. The verbs dormir, partir, sentir, and sortir have some irregularities in their formation.
