Table of Contents
About the Authors v
Guide to Using Model Verbs vi
How to Use This Book vii
§1 Present and Past Participles in French-Formation 1
§1.1 Formation of the Present Participle in French 1
§1.2 Common Irregular Present Participles 1
§1.3 Formation of the Past Participle in French 1
§1.4 Common Irregular Past Participles 1
§2 Derivation of Tenses: Verbs Conjugated with avoir and être 2
§3 Verbs Conjugated with avoir or être to Form a Compound Tense 4
§4 Principal Parts of Some Important Verbs (Les Temps primitifs de quelques verbes importants) 5
§5 Sample English Verb Conjugation 6
§6 A Summary of French Verb Tenses and Moods 8
§6.1 The Seven Simple Tenses 9
§6.2 The Seven Compound Tenses 14
§6.3 L'impératif (Imperative or Command) 18
§6.4 Summary of Verb Tenses and Moods in French with English Equivalents 19
§7 Formation of the Tenses 20
§7.1 Formation of the Seven Simple Tenses for Regular Verbs 20
§7.2 Formation of the Seven Compound Tenses 21
§7.3 A Note About the Passé Surcomposé Verb Tense 23
§8 Reflexive Verbs and Reciprocal Verbs in French 23
§8.1 Reflexive Verbs in French 23
§8.2 Reciprocal Verbs in French 24
§9 A Summary of Sequence of Verb Tenses-Si Clauses 24
§10 The Subjunctive 24
§11 Orthographically Changing Verbs-Verb Forms that Change in Spelling 29
§12 Definitions of Basic Grammatical Terms with Examples 32
§13 Guide to French Pronunciation 48
§14 Verbs Used in Weather Expressions 50
§15 Verbs with Prepositions 51
§15.1 The Following Verbs Take à + noun 51
§15.2 The Following Verbs Take à + inf 53
§15.3 The Following Verbs Take de + noun 55
§15.4 The Following Verbs Take de + inf 56
§15.5 The Following Verbs Commonly Take à + noun + de + inf 58
§15.6 The Following Verbs Take Prepositions Other Than à or de 59
§15.7 The Following Verbs Require No Preposition Before the Infinitive 59
§15.8 The Following Verbs Do Not Require a Preposition, Whereas in English a Preposition Is Used 61
Essential 55 Verb List 62
Alphabetical Listing of 501 French Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses and Moods 63
Abbreviations 64
Appendixes 621
Defective and Impersonal Verbs 623
Index of Common Irregular French Verb Forms Identified by Infinitive 644
English-French Verb Index 648
Index of Over 2,800 Additional Verbs Keyed to Listing of 501 French Verbs 677
