French Verb ETRE: to be - a Top Ten Verb. Fastest way to learn it.

French Verb ETRE - être (to be)

The verb in French for be, (to be) is the verb être.

Être is one of the most important verbs in French. Learners of the language therefore must learn it thoroughly. It's an irregular verb, pretty much following its own patterns of endings.

It is also used to make certain COMPOUND TENSES in French, for certain verbs of motion and for reflexive verbs. (Don't worry if you don't know what these mean. You can cover them later). Compound tenses are words like "I had gone", "they had come" etc.
Take a couple of minutes to read aloud ALL the verb conjugations of être below -

(1) by ROW and by (2) COLUMN,

... then check out more on this word below the verb table.

to be: être
Imagine Shakespeare says, "to be or not to be
is an ATTRActive thought!"

www.200words-a-day.com VERB CONJUGATION TABLE: être
Simple Tenses être
TENSE	je/j'	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent am / is / are	suis	es	est	sommes	êtes	sont
Past Imperfect Imparfait was / were	étais	étais	était	étions	étiez	étaient
Simple Past Passé Simple was / were	fus	fus	fut	fûmes	fûtes	furent
Future Futur will be	serai	seras	sera	serons	serez	seront
Conditional Conditionnel would be	serais	serais	serait	serions	seriez	seraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may be	sois	sois	soit	soyons	soyez	soient
Compound Tenses être
Present Perfect Passé Composé have been	ai été	as été	a été	avons été	avez été	ont été
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had been	avais été	avais été	avait été	avions été	aviez été	avaient été
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have been	aurai été	auras été	aura été	aurons été	aurez été	auront été
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have been	aurais été	aurais été	aurait été	aurions été	auriez été	auraient été
Imperative Imperatif be!		sois		soyons	soyez

MORE on the FRENCH VERB être

*Je suis en France:*	I am in France.
*Il est Français:*	He is French.
*La France est en Europe:*	France is in Europe.
*Elle était contente:*	She was happy.

HOW TO CONQUER the CONJUGATION of ÊTRE

The French verb for be être is an auxiliary. An auxiliary verb is one that is used to build other tenses like the compound tenses. These are phrases like:
I had come: je suis venu (or je suis venue for a female talking)
we had gone: nous sommes allés), and such like.
Learn to conjugate être.
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