French Verbs & Tenses explained in 10 minutes!

Do you struggle to understand French verbs and the main tenses in French? In this video, I’ll help you understand basic French grammar and give you a full timeline of French Verb tenses.
All French verb tenses:
Passé composé explained ✅
Futur Proche explained ✅
Futur Simple explained ✅
Futur Antérieur explained ✅
French présent explained ✅
French impératif explained ✅
Présent progressif explained ✅
Passé récent explained ✅
Imparfait explained ✅
Plus-que-parfait explained ✅
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[@nm4461]

Excellent!! The best explanation ever, especially with showing it on the time-line board. Genuis. I have always struggled with this, and now your awesome video explained it all. Un monde de remerciment!

[@JeanMichelDeBarros]

Maybe you struggled because you did not know them in English to start☝️

[@yy-qj8ym]

@@JeanMichelDeBarros no need to be an ass about it

[@annettecuaz1939]

We all have a learning style and the timeline is a helpful model for this visual learner. Thank you, Alexa

[@vanivalson7488]

SAME!! Merci beacoup! :)

[@oghazal]

You make a complex topic so simple & fun. You are so charismatic & talented. Thanx so much

[@marieldavidson4040]

I went to 10 years of french school, and no one... NO ONE has ever explained it this well to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@yanaika3443]

same I've been learning French for 6 years in school and no one ever explained it like this

[@kartikraj5612]

Are french student?

[@seriousturn957]

Honestly same here LOL

[@waniya502]

I've been learning since a year but one of my friend who is learning from 8 years , says that she doesn't know anything except for bonjour and aurevoir even though she's learning from 1st grade.

[@yanellmannetamayadiaz6017]

REPOST!!

[@meera3322]

french learners relax, i am a native french myself and i have to watch this for a basic french test at school lol

[@Gachiya]

Le futur antérieur est compliqué à placer en vrai quand on est natif. Le passé simple est parti dans une autre dimension tellement il est loin dans le passé et peu utilisé. Genre le passé antérieur 😅

[@healthcarefails]

This timeline is incredibly useful. As I study French, I refer back to this timeline. As a visual learner, it helps tremendously to be able to SEE the relationship between the different tenses. Thank you for putting this together.

[@gmylap7344]

Same! Im a visual learner and this was TRULY helpful!

[@davidcalderwood4131]

Merci. J’ai commencé mes études de français il y a 40 ans et j’ai développé un amour pour la langue.

[@lindab5789]

I had 4 years of French and never properly understood some of the tenses. This explanation using the timeline is so helpful! Thank you!

[@JeanMichelDeBarros]

These Tenses are the same in English. Of course, if you don’t know them in English, you also won't know them in French☝️

[@JeanMichelDeBarros]

Did you know them in English before learning them in French? That might be the problem.

[@mohaibey3887]

I had 19 years of french and just now I understand that thanks teacher

[@fatisummer9106]

I almost drop learning french just cuz these tenses

[@bright218]

@@JeanMichelDeBarros Hey, i'm a native english speaker, and i never understood the french tenses because tehy were handed on high when we were taught. Why does PQP com before PC? never hear so. What even *is* PQP? it was not explained

[@bpmmcg3668]

This is by far the best French lesson I've ever had... thank you so much for your hard work this was such an ingenious way of showing how tenses change.

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Wow, thank you!

[@jovibaby]

verb tenses are the biggest things holding me back from leaving my French A2 plateau and entering the B level. i always get them mixed up or just forget them. having the visual along with the thoughtful explanations helped so much! this video was SO helpful, i paused and took notes as i watched and had so many "aha!" moments! merci beaucoup!!!

[@sarahmcdonnell1755]

I am learning French at school and find this video incredibly helpful. It's so much easier to see the tenses all compared this way rather than separate! Thank you very much.

[@andreaandrea6716]

EXACTLY!

[@Tina-qp7py]

I have to listen more than once and take notes. And then repeat out loud each verb tense.

[@texastim7502]

I totally agree.

[@leeannsolice7473]

LOVE your use of timeline and colors to represent the different tenses! Excellent visualization of this complex concept. My only tiny tip is to explain that the term "perfect/parfait" doesn't have its usual meaning of "without flaws" but in the context of verb conjugation it means "complete." Explaining this to my own language learners helped them to embed an understanding that tenses like "past perfect" were actions *completed* in the past, or "Future perfect" was action that will have been completed in the future. Thank you so much for such a clear, beautiful and precise video!

[@Zach-rk7rw]

Didnt even understand these tenses in english which made it harder at school. Thanks for clarifying!

[@onyeenoma]

You explained something my teachers could not explain for years within a few minutes. Thank you

[@kartikraj5612]

Are you french student?

[@recalled4525]

I am a french native speaker from Canada and i have to say that i'vr never had a teacher explain tenses that well to me, good job Alexa!!

[@Marcoosianism]

Are you presently taking English lessons somewhere?

[@Nothing-dk1xh]

@@Marcoosianism yes I am!

[@Marcoosianism]

@@Nothing-dk1xh I was replying to "Recalled", but nice!

[@PixelatedApollo1]

This helps a lot. All I need to do now is actively use all tenses to have burned into my brain!

[@anrikedormehl3195]

Very useful but how do you burn it into your brain? Please tell me too! 🌻

[@lordvoldemort5725]

@@anrikedormehl3195 Practice.

[@stanleypalisada3732]

Clear as day. Just need to nail this on my head.

[@robertalvarez5870]

Excellent!!! Merci!!!!! Génial!!

[@jamesfleming9771]

The most helpful video on KZbin for all new french learners

[@LOTO8142]

I always say "If you got an excellent teacher you will learn it easily!" You explained the tenses in a short and precise way and showed graphics for visual learners - outstanding! Thank you so much Alexa!

[@victoriamaggiolo]

¡Excelente explicación! ¡Muchas gracias!

[@emiliaararuna]

Super, genial! Merci beaucoup 👏👏👏

[@alisonmorris2625]

That was the most helpful, easy-to-understand explanation of French tenses I have ever seen!! I love the graphic timeline!! That visual is so effective in visualizing the tenses. You did an amazing job!!

[@disharimalakar6223]

I just started learning French and you have been a savior! Thank you so much for such amazing videos!

[@manuelazlatar7732]

Very practical. Merci beaucoup!!!

[@robgthomas]

Super helpful! Merci beaucoup!

[@ebenezernobellinaa3018]

Thank you very much Alexa. Just to show my gratitude. I started learning French with your videos in 2019. And now, I'm glad to annonce my fluency in the language... Je vous suis très reconnaissant pour votre rôle remarquable dans mon apprentissage de la langue française. Que Dieu vous donne la grâce nécessaire et suffisante pour continuer toujours à faire du bien pour le bien-être de l'humanité. Merci infiniment.

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

De rien ... et félicitations ! 👏 👏 😄

[@cawilaxmed6644]

writing is not good Alexa, please change hand writing

[@dinab7852]

You're the 1st French teacher I've ever known who uses a verb timeline other than myself! Amazing video! I have added the link for this video to my timeline handout for my students to watch. I use your videos A LOT with my FSL students. TOP prof!

[@chasecampan-thornburg1721]

Excellent explanation. Merci beaucoup !

[@CP-rc9sw]

Hallelujah! Thank you!

[@P_st4rch0]

MILLIONS TIMES THANK YOU! I just finish my second semester in my career (foreing languajes) and I suffered so hard in French, the french tenses made me cry a lot because everyone could memorized everything but I couldn't understand anything, I though I was bad at french, but thank to you I know how can I start again, merci!

[@heatherallingham7120]

Seeing the timeline mapped out makes this so much clearer - SO helpful! Merci beaucoup :)

[@NetsaiChidhume]

Woow well explained..merci beaucoup.

[@kate5041]

Merci beaucoup beaucoup pour cette explanation! C’est le meilleur que j’ai trouvé.🙌

[@drakezen]

This timeline example was extremely useful. I've never seen it explained this way and it makes so much sense! Thanks!

[@amoghadhikari7100]

Merci beaucoup, Cette leçon était vraiment instructive

[@jumbolarge108]

The best video I’ve ever seen on this topic. I wish I had this when I was in French immersion.

[@louislloyd3214]

This is a well thought out explanation of these tenses all on the chart. Fantastic, thank you

[@anneanderson8943]

I taught basic French but I am going to France in about a month and need to brush up on verb tenses. It has been a lifelong struggle as French verb tenses are so perplexing! This tutorial and chart are AMAZING. MERCI BEAUCOUP ALEXA!!!

[@MaksymYakovlyev]

Thank you very much for a wonderful explanation ☺️

[@cecilianoguera1692]

Loved the timeline....THANK YOU ..... ou, merci!!!

[@sheilajenkins4173]

Best explanation I have ever had. Thank you so much!

[@KimberlyGreen]

I would pay money for a nice quality poster of this timeline! It's fantastic and so clearly explains the time relationships and verb tenses. 💡🙏🏻👍🏻

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

I can send you the full graphic if you’d like to email us Kimberly!

[@Rayrobe33]

@@learnfrenchwithalexa thank you so much for this visual! Please is it possible to also get the graphic? Thanks a lot for all you do to make french easier. I have been learning French 'forever!' and am still struggling. English speaker, now living in Montreal...but I will not give up :)

[@asrir3736]

@@learnfrenchwithalexa I would love too to have that graphic. Could you send me as well ??

[@immaculatedocnato2054]

You are a genius! This explanation will go a long way to help many struggling students of French globally.

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Merci beaucoup! 😁

[@cyclopsilencer9660]

Just developed an interest in learning french, and this is the best KZbin channel I've seen

[@mawahebk]

explanation excellente et tres bonne presentation…. Bravo

[@Itsme-sv8ny]

I never understood the tenses and this is very helpful! Although I'm kinda confused between some verbs' uses especially that I'm not a native English speaker but I'll look up the rest of your videos! Thank you very much :)

[@ellawu6552]

Alexa, your cheerful explanations and examples have helped us understand more the minute differences among different tenses. They are very helpful. keep up the good work. Love your channel. Already subscribed.

[@jouddy]

Très intéressant! J’ai pu comprendre complètement l’explication. Merci beaucoup 👏🏽

[@jimporter7209]

Extremely well done. Merci

[@galbrunfranck9960]

Well, in real french we use présent, futur and imparfait, passé simple just in books. In termes of mode, indicative, imperative, conditional (if condition) and subjonctive mainly after conjunction introduced by que. There are 3 kinds of verb according to the "stem": in E, in I and zero one (sa called 3rd group). Last letters are regular e-es-e for the ER (E group) + 2 or 3 in IR, otherwise it's s-s-t or x-x-t with verbs in OIR. The endings of present tense are partially irregular with some 8 verbs (avoir, être, aller, faire, dire etc... vous êtes, faîtes, dîtes and ils sont, vont, font and so on). Really suppletive forms occurs with avoir, être and aller, just learn them) and the irregularities met in other tense or modes are mainly with the same verbs + those in OIR. About the 3rd group, the point is to remember which consonannt will "link" the plural forms. It can be S (pronounced Z), SS, Y. Some 3 or 4 unregular cases here with forms in N (preNons - preNNent), V (buVons - boiVent) and so. Pay attention to vowel changes due to the position of the stress on the last syllable (pEUx - pouvONs). Nothing scaring, even french people can speak french... Have a nice day!

[@Frenchconnection6]

that's really confusing, like most French textbooks! Alexa made it nice and simple to understand so that's what I'm going to follow

[@user-jk1zm5uq6l]

Thank you for sharing that. It brings such clarity...grammar notwithstanding!

[@iblin9626]

This is definitely, extremely helpful for me! as an mandarin speaker learning French it is difficult to come to a timeline for verb conjugation like this since the concepts of time are distinctly different, and I have never seen any other french teachers teaching these concepts through such a clear explanation and visual presentation. Thank you so much!

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Wow, thank you so much !! I am very glad my videos are helping you! 🥰

[@alvanbois5339]

Oh I love this lesson. Thank you

[@LorraineMuirhead]

Brilliant! This is the best explanation ever. Thankyou.

[@sandhyapandey4872]

Thank you so much. This is brilliant and makes things so clear in my mind.

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

Wonderful! 👏

[@mcp866]

Vous avez m'enseigner plus formes de verbes en 10 minutes que mon professeur en 4 ans !

[@heugeinoz]

Exactement. 😂

[@spikefivefivefive]

* Vous m'avez enseigne

[@mcp866]

@@spikefivefivefive merci !

[@alexflc6063]

@@spikefivefivefive Vous m'avez enseigné plus en conjugaison en 10 minutes que mon professeur en 4 ans ( le problème est que le Français est une langue très précise ) bon courage

[@varoonnone7159]

Vous m'avez mieux enseigné*

[@leebridges1674]

This video is gold. I've been looking for something this clear for ages. Merci, Alexa!

[@grantmedical]

If I a teacher like you I would not have dropped French at O’Level…. I look forward to learning with your videos… Merci..

[@jacquesfiset9156]

Ce n'est pas présenté comme on l'apprend à l'école mais je pense que c'est plus synthétique et plus clair. Merci.

[@turnipsociety706]

ca depend de l'ecole. J'ai appris l'anglais avec ce genre de lignes temporelles

[@user-yo1ru1on7w]

@@turnipsociety706 mais j’ai appris le français à L’école depuis 7 ans et je vais continuer avec la langue au l’université, au cours de ces 7 années, Mes professeurs n'ont pas autant aidé que cette vidéo. J’ai du mal avec l’imparfait pour la plupart et mes profs n’ont pas aidé mais, maintenant, je comprends le temps et je peux étudier et réviser pour mes examens. Désolé pour mon français, comme j’ai dit, je suis anglais donc ce n’est pas parfait. Je kiffe la langue et l’étudie des langues donc je vais continuer et apprendre💪

[@chrishoughton6611]

3 years of high school French (merci, Mme Simon!) and 55 years of reading. I’ve come across the 'recent' tenses but always thought of them as idiomatic expressions rather than formal tenses, so thank you for that.

[@thomashughes4859]

Best vidéo EVER! ❤️🇨🇵💕 I can use this for my Spanish and English students as well! Tu es magnifique ! 😘

[@AlexLaird7]

Just to re-iterate what all the comments have already said, this is so incredibly well explained, and the visual of the timeline was such a great tool for me to learn personally. And in 10 minutes! Thank you so much for the work you do, especially making learning french so accessible and fun!

[@ShodieSaner]

This timeline is amazing! Thank you so much!

[@naeemtrkhan8007]

This was indeed more than useful and helpful. In addition to this video being useful, your teaching method est vraiment adorable. And this makes You quite a Darling Lady!

[@m0r512]

What a really helpful video I’ve ever waited for .. it simplifies the most difficult part in learning French ❤️ 🇫🇷 and in ONLY ten minutes. I can’t thank enough teacher Alexa ❤️❤️ A big thanks from all of my heart ❤️ And we are waiting for more .. as we also find the regular and irregular verbs another difficulty that we suffer from..

[@arnaldovazdelima]

I have been studing french for some months, and this is the best class i had! Clear and strict to the point! Congrats Alexa!!!

[@Nath_CM]

Best french teacher ever ❤

[@lacynylons6317]

Super helpful since it’s been years since I took French in college. And this makes me remember, like a refresher course 🤓 Merci Alexa

[@learnfrenchwithalexa]

A refresher is always a good idea!

[@sentry01]

This timeline is extremely helpful. Many things clicked and will help in developing a plan on how to study and practice.

[@WilbertHoe]

Génial 👍 This timeline is extremely helpful. Merci beaucoup.

[@shubhsutaria6546]

Mam youre a great teacher thank you youre a lifesaver

[@mamiekelecihi]

Merci . Tu es intelligente . I am a jss3 student and no one has explained this like you . Merci , au reviour et merci . I used my mum's phone to watch this video, tu vrai intelligente

[@edwin-to9hr]

Vous avez absolument raison!

[@marielvanhees9531]

In the years and years of learning french, having traveled in France and going to school for a semester in France and Quebec, I was never shown this visual aide. I may have gotten my conjugations correct most of the time but this is just so much more helpful. Thank you.

[@amandamcwane8136]

Merci beaucoup! This is the clearest way I have ever seen this subject visualized.

[@pawesiemieniuk110]

I love learning from infographics and this was is so simple but covers so much. Thank you!

[@philippamuggridge4742]

,Absolutely brilliant and so clearly explained! Thank you!

[@simonballard6413]

I love your French classes! Thanks so much.

[@alvinscott1331]

Merci d'avoir abordé la chronologie des temps de verbe. J'apprécie ce cours de remise à niveau.

[@heenarangwani2175]

This timeline was brilliant! It showed everything so clearly. Merci beaucoup!

[@robertpratt7548]

Your timeline is a clear and brilliant way to layout the progression of the verb! If those tenses were all new to me at this time of first watching it, my head would hurt ! However, either way it’s a great way to see the logic in a complex array of verb usage! You are the best !

[@Angievo1990]

Bonjour Alexa! MERCI d'avoir partagé ce schéma avec nous! c'est très intéressant! Bonne journée!

[@alrush1234]

Very well explained. Merci

[@ArmandCury]

You are marvellous, Alexa!!! Because you explain in the quick and the very best way! In few minutes, you teach the speaking, the grammar structures and all in a very nice way, so easy to understand!

[@davidphelan6861]

Genius! You have cut through so much confusion and frustration with this handy reference timeline. I have never seen anything explained so clearly, it should be in every French language textbook. I copied this lesson and saved it to my favorites at the top of the page for ease of access as I plan on going over and over this lesson and the others that you mentioned. Thank you so much.

[@scarlettsummerfrost]

I always come back to this video! best video on tenses. thank you.

[@LuluB94]

One of the best explanations I have ever had! This is great, thank you :)

[@netfun8087]

Excellent lesson! Thank you.

[@shalindersabharwal9420]

This was a gare at explanation….very smart and thought out. I understand so much better with the use of the time line. Thank you.

[@medhapatki3977]

Excellent teaching. Very Very Very interesting. Merci beaucoup madame

[@dta1954]

Your timeline is an excellent aid and reference. Merci!

[@davemorrison-jw2wk]

Such a great explanation of the verb tenses! It certainly helps to have a visual reference. I definitely will check out your other videos.

[@Anna-dv4ev]

Thank you for that explanation, very clear! ❤🙏💋

[@watchrepairwithchris4346]

The chart really helps me. thank you.

[@123amandapanda456]

This is super helpful! Thank you 🥳

[@telberry6037]

I always think to learn french with french speaking videos, it's not right because I couldn't find any video explaining so well about the tense but only the changing of verb forms. Excellent work, Professeure Alexa, merci beaucoup pour votre travail !

[@peggychapman-miller4204]

Thanks so much. Never had this explained so well. I will review it again and again. Love your teaching methods and accent.

[@sharr630]

Une ressource incroyable!!! Merci beaucoup! 😄

[@zedonutube]

La leçon la plus utile! Cela m'aide beaucoup. Merci!

[@skyechalamet3197]

THANK YOU! this is not only incredibly helpful for french (which i’m more new to), but it also helps with differentiating between the spanish past tenses

[@woolleyweaves]

Vous avez m'aidé beaucoup. je vous remercie pour votre aide. C'est incroyable! C'est plus clair!

[@SonJDoug]

I'm glad KZbin sugested your channel to me. You have such a direct and clear explanation.

[@danncorbit3623]

Incredibly useful. In order to understand conjugation, I really needed this explanation. I am truly grateful. There are lots of sites that explain how to do it, but this is the first clear explanation of what these conjugations really mean that I have found.