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Simple Tenses for Regular IR Verbs in French

Partir partir => to leave je partais => I was leaving; I used to leave tu partais => you were leaving; you used to leave il/elle/on partait => he/she/it was leaving; he/she/it used to leave il/elle/on partira => he/she/it will leave nous partirons => we will leave vous partirez => you will leave

Simple Tenses for Regular ER Verbs in French

Parler parler => to speak je parle => I speak tu parles => you speak j'ai parlé => I spoke; I have spoken tu as parlé => you spoke; you have spoken je parlais => I was speaking; I used to speak tu parlais => you were speaking; you used to speak il/elle/on parlait => he/she/it was speaking; he/she/it used to speak nous parlions => we were speaking; we used to speak vous parliez => you were speaking; you used to speak je parlerai => I will speak tu parleras => you will speak il/elle/on parlera => he/she/it will speak nous parlerons => we will speak vous parlerez => you will speak ils/elles parleront => they will speak je vais parler => I will be speaking tu vas parler => you will be speaking il/elle/on va parler => he/she/it will be speaking je parlerais => I would speak

More Connecting Phrases in French

More connecting words to help a sentence to be more complex and flow better: C'est en tout cas => It is, in any case C'est pour ça => That's why Certes => Certainly D'ici vingt ans => Within twenty years En dépit de => In spite of Lors de => During Par la suite => Afterwards Plusieurs => Several Pour autant => However Toutefois =>  However All of these will be followed by the subjunctive: Après que => After Bien que => although Chaque fois que => whenever Il se peut que => it is possible that/it could be that Plutot que => rather than Pour autant que => As long as Pourvu que => Provided that Quoique => Though Sans que => without Selon que => According to Tandis que => while/whereas

A few more phrases to help your French flow a little better

A few more phrases to help your French flow a little better. Au cas où => Just in case Au fil du temps => Over time Au lieu de => Instead of Autant que => As much as En revanche => On the other hand Par la suite => Afterwards Plutôt que => Rather than Poussiéreuse => Old fashioned Tente de => Try to T out d’un coup => Suddenly

Some more useful words and phrases in French

Some more useful words and phrases Une baisse => A decrease Une démarche => an approach Désormais => From now on En vue de => In view of La montée en puissance => The rise in power La prise de conscience => awareness Les déchets => Waste L’industrie de la mode = > The fas hion industry Lors du => During Mettre en avant => To highlight Une multipication => An increase Outre le xxxx => Besides xxxx Par ailleurs => Otherwise Par le biais => Via paraîtrer => To appear to be Rechercher => To seek out

"By" and "That By" in French

Use the present parcticiple.  For example: En lisant ce site tu peux améliorer ton français => By reading this site you can improve your French Qu'en dirant ce phrase tu m'as montré que tu as raison => That by saying that sentence you have shown me that you're right