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TranslatingFrenchverbsintoEnglish
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UpdatedOctober18,2015.

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j'aiprisItook,Ihavetaken,Ididtake
voustesall(e)(s)youwent,youhave
gone,youdidgo

Futureperfect

j'auraiprisIwillhavetaken
vousserezall(e)(s)youwillhavegone
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j'auraisprisIwouldhavetaken
vousseriezall(e)(s)youwouldhavegone

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j'eusseprisIwouldhavetaken
vousfussiezall(e)(s)youwouldhavegone

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Nowhere'stheproblemwithalessonlikethis.
ThefollowingFrenchcompoundconjugationsalltranslatetotheEnglishpastperfect,
becausethesedistinctionswhicharesoimportantinFrencharen'tmadeinEnglish.In
ordertounderstandthedifferenceinmeaningandusagebetweentheFrenchverbforms,
pleaseclickthroughtothelessons.
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j'avaisprisIhadtaken
voustiezall(e)(s)youhadgone
Pastsubjunctive

(que)j'aieprisIhadtaken
(que)voussoyezall(e)(s)youhadgone
Pluperfectsubjunctive
(literarytense)
(que)j'eusseprisIhadtaken
(que)vousfussiezall(e)(s)youhadgone
Pastanterior
(literarytense)
j'eusprisIhadtaken
vousftesall(e)(s)youhadgone

Completeconjugationsforallthecompoundtenses:
Prendre|Aller

Conjugatingverbs

Simpletenses
Compoundtenses
Impersonalsandimperatives
Modalverbs

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