1. Indicatif – Generally, Indicatif is used to state facts.
Présent – It is similar to Present tense of English. We use this form to express facts, conditions, habits, and routine.
The sample sentences, as per my knowledge, could be:
I write whenever I can.
You don't like drama.
We love reading books.
They have money, but they do not have a heart.
| Je yodle |
(Subject) yodel(s) or is/are/am yodeling
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| Tu yodles |
| Il yodle |
| Nous yodlons |
| Vous yodlez |
| Ils yodlent |
Passé Composé – It resonates with Present Perfect and Past forms of English language. This form is utilized to a talk about the actions that were completed in the past, and we wish to draw the attention towards its results.
I went to get a manicure in the morning.
He did not go to the office today.
I did not have the courage at that moment.
| J’ai yodlé | (Subject) yodeled(once), I have yodeled |
| Tu as yodlé |
| Il a yodlé |
| Nous avons yodlé |
| Vous avez yodlé |
| Ils ont yodlé |
Imparfait – Imparfait form is used to write about description, habit, and actions that occurred simultaneously in the past.
It was a beautiful day.
He was having a rough day.
I used to ride a bicycle in the rain.
| Je yodlais | (Subject) was yodeling/ used to yodel |
| Tu yodlais |
| Il yodlait |
| Nous yodlions |
| Vous yodliez |
| Ils yodlaient |
Plus-que-parfait – This is the French version of “Past perfect” of English language. If you are narrating an incident that occurred in the past, and I you wish to include a detail that happened even before the time of that incident, you use plus-que-parfait form.
I had studied a lot before I could get a job.
He had practiced his speech in front of the mirror before he went in front of a huge audience.
| J’avais yodlé | (Subject) had yodeled |
| Tu avais yodlé |
| Il avait yodlé |
| Nous avions yodlé |
| Vous aviez yodlé |
| Ils avaient yodlé |
Passé simple – Similar to Passé Composé, Passé simple is used to describe completed actions in the past and the actions that were interrupted in the past. Being same as Passé Composé, its examples are similar to Passé Composé.
Last year, I went to Bali.
While I was in Bali, I admired nature for hours.
| Je yodlai | (Subject) yodeled |
| Tu yodlas |
| Il yodla |
| Nous yodlâmes |
| Vous yodlâtes |
| Ils yodlèrent |
Passé antérieur – This is same as Past Perfect of English language. This form is mostly used in literature.
As soon as I was in the library, I decided to issue the book “Pride and Prejudice.”
After my grandfather had worked for sixty years, he started gardening.
| J’eus yodlé | (Subject) had yodeled |
| Tu eus yodlé |
| Il eut yodlé |
| Nous eûmes yodlé |
| Vous eûtes yodlé |
| Ils eurent yodlé |
Futur – Futur is same as Future tense of English language. This form comes into picture when we are either expressing an intended action in the future or making an assumption in both present and future. Also, it may be used to make a polite request.
Tomorrow, I will write a song.
You will never write a song.
Would Irine help me with the song?
If you ask her, you will know.
| Je yodlerai | (Subject) will yodel |
| Tu yodleras |
| Il yodlera |
| Nous yodlerons |
| Vous yodlerez |
| Ils yodleront |
Futur antérieur – Remember future perfect tense? Futur antérieur is its brother :) When you are imagining or considering something to happen in the future or something that might have happened in the past, you use this form.
He'll probably have had three boxes of cereal or he had drank three cartons of milk. (I know it's a stupid sentence, but I couldn't think of something else.)
By the time we'll reach, they will have hidden the evidence. (Crime investigation drama kicking in!)
| J’aurai yodlé | (Subject) will have yodeled/ will had yodeled |
| Tu auras yodlé |
| Il aura yodlé |
| Nous aurons yodlé |
| Vous aurez yodlé |
| Ils auront yodlé |
Future proche – Future Proche form is used to describe an event or action that is either definite to occur in a short while or planned to happen in the future.
I am going to get a laptop in two minutes. (I'm not :( )
My sister is getting ready in a minute.
| Je vais yodler | (Subject) is/are/am yodeling/about to yodel |
| Tu vas yodler |
| Il va yodler |
| Nous allons yodler |
| Vous allez yodler |
| Ils vont yodler |
