Comparing French Tenses: Conditional VS Imperfect

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[@Devin8769]

I am about to take my final exam for B1.1 level at CCFS (Sorbonne) in Paris. I have struggled all semester with these particular tenses. You have summed up with others couldn't. Thank you!

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Best of luck Devin

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[@adamhovey407]

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Comment va ton français maintenant?

[@IpWnMuSh]

I took 9 years of french and still remember basics but I totally forgot how this all worked - thank you!

[@joviahbirungi9992]

This has surely been a great lesson. With this, I can never confuse conditionel for imparfait. Merci beaucoup professeur Alexa

[@hank7898]

Cool, I just learnt more in a 12-minute video than I have in the last 6 weeks of french class. my french teacher now has his private chapter on my suicide note

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@ so far, no, thanks for the concern tho

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I totally agree with you my private teacher is a very experiment one and have barely explained to me both! Frustrating!

[@SK-vn1od]

I really can not thank you enough , you completely explain it from diffrent angles and makes it clear-cut for us. Thank you.

[@sabrina3138]

The easy way to explain is to say that for most verbs when putting them into conditional, you put them in infinitive form and add the endings. When the ending is re, you take away the e for the stem. In other words, the stem will almost always end in r. Marcher in conditional is je marcherais. There are only a few specific verbs that don't use their infinitive, my teacher gave me a worksheet such as pouvoir and more.

[@kelsanggurung1432]

What are the list of the verbs of 3rd grp which is not written in its infinitive form in conditionnel. It was the case for envoyer right? What are the other similar verbs? Can you please mention them?

[@wolfgangbenfattoum8137]

I just love how you explained this difficult part. Finally I can continue to more confusing grammar.

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Thanks!

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Merci !!

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I have started my B1 past 1month ago but trust me I was always confused with how to write conditional and forgot the verbs conjugation but as always I found the video by you and you always make a magic syrup for us which really make things very easy. I believe without you I will struggle a lot. Merci Alexa :)

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Thank you very much Alexa for this lesson.It was a little complicated but you explained it perfectly.It was so interesting. Thank you,I am so grateful to you

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This is perfect. I love it. I use your vides a lot in my classes. You make my work easier. Merci infiniment.

[@LeCrenn]

Extremely clear explanation. Very helpful, thank you.

[@bryanlovell7602]

This is great but I have a question concerning the sound. In je marcherais Alexa rolls the r, in je vendriais she doesn't. What is the rule?

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[@itsReallyLou]

This analytic approach is absolutely necessary, of course. However, in real life, we must have the patterns 'built-in' to our brains. Walking up to topics such as described here produces a feeling of being overwhelmed. After I calmed down, I realized that this is just another (unexpected) field of pattern learning that I will conquor. As a native english speaker who reads some books in French, I realize that I'm often suffering comprehension by glossing over unfamilar conjugations. Onward! Thank you Alexa for a great presentation of, in your own admission, a difficult subject.

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bruh omg how do french ppl remember all of these conjugations 😭

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[@astro.2394]

chanyeol akgae same way you remember all of the English conjugations

[@icedmatchalatteM]

astro. but english doesn’t require conjugation for every pronoun 😭

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chanyeol akgae same. All these conjugations, even in english we don’t have so many

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Merveilleuse! Merci! Je suis vénézuélienne mais même avec tes cours en anglais j'améliore bcp!

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Thanks Alexa...always giving the best tips and simplify toughh topic for us.

[@harshkhandelwalmusic]

Will there be a pronunciation difference between Je marcherais and Je marcherai? How do I tell if the person has used the Conditional or the Future Tense in that case?

[@daniel749]

So, basically, to make the conditionnel, we use the beginning of the future with the end of the imparfait (past). It makes sense, because the conditionnel is a possible consequence mixing the past and the future. Is that it?

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Fabulous teaching

[@carriegould7560]

I'm confused about weather you use the conditional or the imparfait of pouvoir to translate for 'could', if i type it into Google it does imparfait, but for should, it does the conditional of must, so which is it, conditional or imparfait?

[@mikaelarose6277]

Thank you so much, Alexa!! You are such a good teacher

[@musicsansnotes]

Excellent, you added the English translation for each tense. This has caused me so much trouble in trying to learn French. Merci tu est tres intelligente. . If you could add a sample sentense, i would love it. :) k

[@user-wd8ew9pb6y]

I'm not sure if anyone will answer this, but are the conjugations for the imperfect and conditional the same, with the only difference being the context, or is there more to it? I'm doing a French test in two days and am very confused

[@nigelogilvie9450]

What tense does the main clause verb take?? E.g. "If I go to France [condition! but sounds like present indicative] I will use [intention! but sounds like simple future indicative] your lessons."

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Very well explained .. great job.. thank you

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My favourite teacher, of course. Sub title is quite disturbing as it covers the written texts; because we can't see clearly! Thanks!

[@Chardonbois]

Great lesson Alexa. You make a tricky subject area simple and memorable- thank you. Do you have a similar lesson for the Subjunctive?

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Thank you Brian for the kind words! 😃Here is our video on the subjunctive: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6fPeJ6rqdOJjqc

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Thank you

[@thetruthwithoutfear7699]

very useful.You have talent of explaining; thanks alot Alexa

[@barnealevi]

in the future tense, marcherai, the' r; should also e in red, as part of the ending - for us learning, and because the r is critical here

[@yoshiyukimita9176]

J’ai eu du mal avec la coditionelle. Votre vidéo était facile à comprendre pour moi. Merci beaucoup! :)

[@jakecoblerthegreat6220]

I would fail my french test with out this, Thanks

[@pujavashisht2777]

Love the way you cleared my doubt

[@sekhmetbastson]

thks i had trouble trying to differentiate them (though i speak spanish too) your explanations was awesome

[@janecevans4694]

hi im confused about it was sunny and the etc etc...what I mean is I thought il meant he? does fait mean was 'il faisait?

[@oe0619]

Thank you so much for the explanation! It has made all the difference in my continuous learning and practse of speaking french.

[@theycallmepepsi277]

Your videos are so helpful, merci bien madame!

[@jakehoner1600]

Let's say I just wanted to say "I would love to help." Does this still fall under conditionel conjugation, even though I am not specifying the conditions surrounding helping? Would the correct translation simply be "J'adorerais aider"?

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[@yahoobe1000]

NOW it’s clear ..thankyou

[@Mars.2024]

How about " c'est comme si " ? Should we use " indicative imperfait " for verb , such as "m'avait " in this sentence : Muriel: "Quand j’ai croqué dans le Paris-Brest, il s’est passé quelque chose d’extraordinaire.C’était comme si quelqu’un m’avait prise dans ses bras, et je me suis sentie vraiment bien ."

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[@angelaselby5374]

Do you have a video on the subjonctif tense? Is it a tense?

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Hello Alexa..... Bonjour I love your videos. 😀😀 Do you have any videos on the imperative? Salut from Chicago 🙂

[@antoinegaultier8967]

Bonsoir Alexa. I have watched many of your videos about conjugaison of different tense, and I’m somehow quite confused by some of the key points.Is there possibly a recap video that combines all the major tense, conjugaison and their key points related for us to comprehensively understanding? For example, the similarity and difference between conditionnel and l’imparfait is really great since I suddenly understand the relationship between these two and the methodology behind their conjugaison, instead of just memorizing by heart. Merci bcp!

[@charlenelazare7598]

Geez Alexa, Merci pour les expliques clairs, you have no idea how many videos i watched before getting to yours to finally understand conditionnel, and you explained it so simple. Comment je mémorise tout les conjugaisons. J'ai compris le leçon mais c'était simple quand j'étais faire le présent, maintenant il y a présent, futur, imparfait, subjonctif et conditionnel. Quoi vous me conseillez pour mémoriser bien "les temps"? ( I am trying to use more french than english, so if i made a mistake please correct me I would appreciate it. )

[@rickcereceda3889]

Hi Alexa I am confused, you said that the endings of the conditional were rais, rais, rait, rait, rions, riez, raient. Could you please clarify thanks.

[@Serendip98]

Actually, conditional is not called a "tense", rather a "mode", like indicative or subjunctive. "Conditionnel présent" for ex is a tense (je mangerais). There is also a "conditionnel passé" (j'aurais mangé). But the biggest difficulty, IMHO, is that if you want to say : If I were rich, I would buy a car, you should NOT say : Si je *serais riche, j'achèterais une voiture (*twice conditional present), rather : Si j'étais riche, j'achèterais une voiture (si + indicative imperfect, then only conditional present) Even French people sometimes make that mistake, but it's definitely better to avoid it.

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What is the difference between lorsque and quand ?

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I'm a native portuguese speaker, and I know it is a difficult language, but french is even harder in some cases. Some things just don't make much sense, beggining by the strange pronunciation. I wish every language was as easy and simple as english. 😂

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Merci beaucoup

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So very well explained.😍👍

[@eijihanamura]

Do French have present imperfect,past imperfect or future imperfect like in Spanish? Or all of them just use the same form?

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Imperfect in French is just used to talk about the past :)

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French is not much easy as I thought, I felt that after watching the video,

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I am from India, I even don't get chance to talk.... in French

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[@adamhovey407]

I don't think French is exactly hard, I mean granted the silent letters are a bit of a pain, and the grammar is not very straightforward , but I would argue, that as a native English speaker, it's probably one of the easier languages to learn.

[@themedmidou]

Doit-on utiliser le conditionnel ou le futur , et qu'en est-il de l'emploi du conditionnel ou du futur après un "si" ! L'accord du participe passé (auxillière avoir et verbes pronominaux ) ! ce sont des questions qui laissent même les Français un peu perplexes dans beaucoup de situations . MERCI de nous faire quelques videos pour (Advanced French)

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Je ne park pas bien français mais Alexa m’aide beaucoup, MERCI ❤️🙏

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

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Make a video on conditionnel passe mam.. Please i am really very confused about that

[@hoale11]

Excellent! Merci beaucoup prof Alexa.

[@Prostopyotr]

Thank you 🙏 This was unbelievably useful!

[@graceparsley6991]

Just realised that the future simple and conditional tense sound exactly the same in the ‘je’ form when spoken, how can I tell the difference??

[@zeus9619]

Je marcherais=marcherè , je marcherai=marcheré idem for imparfait vs passé simple je marchais (marchè), je marchai (marché) Nota: imparfait is not in the past (as passé simple [simple past] or passé composé) but an action already started (in the past) and not finished at the time of the main clause (concordance des temps/sequence of tenses) Il mangeait quand je le vis (he was eating when I saw him). Il mangea quand je le vis (he started to eat when I saw him)

[@graceparsley6991]

arcenciel 2 thank you so much! X

[@zeus9619]

@@graceparsley6991 Etymologicaly imparfait means not (im/in) parfait (perfect=done/finished) so imparfait for action not finished. For the ponunciation of é and è (=ê for shorted form of es as in forêt [old french forest] but forestier [from the forest] as for o in hôpital [old french hospital] but hospitalier [of the hospital]) see kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYeymYRoi5l4Z5Y

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[@GEF69]

Really needed this one. Merçi très beaucoup!!!

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Better than my french teacher. You are Best in the planet.

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[@9Sjoerd5]

Uhg I finnaly got why I was so confused about these. "Would" has such a weird use in English when you think about it, where its both used to compose a sentence saying that you used to do something "I would go to school every day" and to give a suggestion "I would go to school (if I were you)". I never saw the importance of the "time indication" (every day, every year etc. ) and how that changes the meaning of the sentence, but thanks for clearing this up ^^.

[@b.entranceperium]

How many tenses for each verb are there in French? This is A LOT of great info.

[@remiestablet-mouries1058]

Skankhunt42 beaucoup mais certains ne sont pas beaucoup utilisés 🙂

[@svizcay]

Merci beaucoup pour votre explanation! Cependant j''ai une question. J'ai trouvé la conjugation du verbe acquérir et j'ai réalisé qu'ils se ressemblent. la-conjugaison.nouvelobs.com/du/verbe/acquerir.php Est-ce qu'il y a une différence pour la pronunciation entre "j'acquérais" et "j'acquerrais"? Comment on dit quelle est le temps utilisé?

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Bonjour, il n'y a pas de différence de pronounciation. La signification de chaque temps compte sur le contexte de la phrase :)