French/Grammar/Verbs/Auxiliary

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[edit] Usage of the Auxiliary Verb

[edit] The Auxiliary Verb

  • For the verbs aller, arriver, descendre, entrer, monter, mourir, naître, passer, partir, rentrer, rester, retourner, sortir, tomber, and venir, the auxiliary verb is être.
  • For pronomial verbs (verbs indicating that the subject performs the action upon itself) être is the auxiliary verb.
  • For all other verbs, avoir is the auxiliary verb.
  • When a verb that is normally conjugated with être is used transitively (along with a direct object), avoir is the auxiliary verb.
  • When a pronomial verb is used with an indirect object, avoir is the auxiliary verb.


Tenses & Moods

Auxiliary Verb • Non-finite Forms : Present Participle • Past Participle • Gérondif • Infinitive • Past Infinitive

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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