French verb tenses attack skills

"il voyait"

• partial verb of "vouloir" + -ait = he was wanting

• partial verb of "voir" + -ait = he was seeing

• whole verb "vouloir" + -ait = he would want

• whole verb "voir" + -ait = he would see

"j'habiterais"

• whole verb + imperfect endings = I would live

• partial verb + imperfect endings = I was living

• whole verb + avoir endings = I will live

• regular -er verb in present tense = I'm living

"le passé composé"

• = "would"

• = "will"

• = "was... -ing"

• = ".....-ed"

"imperfect/l'imparfait"

• = "would"

• = "will"

• = "was... -ing"

• = "......-ed"

"conditional/le conditionnel"

• = "would"

• = "had... -ed"

• = "was... -ing"

• = ".....-ed"

"future/le futur"

• = "would"

• = "will"

• = "was... -ing"

• = ".....-ed"

"pluperfect/le plus-que-parfait"

• = "would"

• = ".....-ed"

• = "was... -ing"

• = "had.... -ed"

elles jouaient

• they played

• they're playing

• they were playing

• they would play

elles jouent

• they played

• they were playing

• they're playing

• they would play

elles ont joué

• they played

• they're playing

• they were playing

• they would play