| A | B |
|---|
| tense | indicates time action takes place |
| mood | indicates attitude of speaker |
| most commonly used tense/mood combo | present indicative |
| the passe compose | past indicative |
| Auxillary verb | conjugated verb which indictes mood and tense when combines with another verb containing only meaning. |
| Infinitive | raw form of the verb, contains meaning only, no grammar. |
| past participle | formed from a verb, it contains meaning and little grammar. Cannot stand alone. |
| How many parts are in the passe compose | 2 Aux verb and past participle |
| -er verbs take to form past participle | stem + é |
| -ir verbs take to form past participle | stem + i |
| -re verbs take to form past participle | stem + u |
| past participle of avoir | eu |
| past participle of etre | été |
| past participle of boire | bu |
| past participle of voir | vu |
| past participle of prendre | pris |
| past participle of comprendre | compris |
| past participle of mettre | mis |
| past participle of promettre | promis |
| past participle of faire | fait |
