French/Grammar/Moods/Indicative

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Use

Example

English

Actions (see note)

Il fait du shopping.

He does the shopping.

Note: The indicative indicates certainty about an action. The subjunctive indicates a doubt or subjectivity. The conditional indicates that an action will occur or occurred based on the fulfillment of certain conditions.

Tenses and moods
Concepts : Present participle · Past participle · Gérondif · Infinitive · Past infinitive · Auxiliary verb · Perfect tenses
Indicative mood : Simple tenses (Present · Imperfect · Past historic · Future) · Perfect tenses (Present perfect · Pluperfect · Past anterior · Future anterior) · Other tenses (Recent past · Near future)
Subjunctive mood : Present · Imperfect · Past · Pluperfect
Imperative mood : Present · Past
Conditional mood : Present · Past · Second form of the past

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