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Fully conjugated in all the tenses in a new,

easy-to-learn format, alphabetically arranged

by

Christopher Kendris

B.S., M.S., Columbia University

M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University

Diplo?m¨¦, Facult¨¦ des Lettres, Sorbonne

Former Chairman,

Department of Foreign Languages

Farmingdale High School,

Farmingdale, New York

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B.A., Union College

M.A., Northwestern University

Ph.D., Universit¨¦ Laval

Former Charg¨¦ de cours

Universit¨¦ Laval, Qu¨¦bec, Canada

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Contents

About the authors

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Preface to the sixth edition

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Introduction

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Present and past participles in French¡ªFormation

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Derivation of tenses: Verbs conjugated with avoir and ¨ºtre

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Verbs conjugated with avoir or ¨ºtre to form a compound tense

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Principal parts of some important verbs (Les Temps primitifs)

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Sample English verb conjugation

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A summary of French verb tenses and moods

10

Formation of the tenses

22

A summary of sequence of verb tenses¡ªSi clauses

26

The subjunctive

26

Orthographically changing verbs (Spelling changes)

32

Definitions of basic grammatical terms with examples

35

Verb drills and tests

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Answers to verb tests with explanations

81

Essential 55 verb list

103

Subject pronouns

103

Abbreviations

103

Alphabetical listing of 501 French verbs

fully conjugated in all tenses and moods

107

Appendixes

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Defective and impersonal verbs

665

Guide to French pronunciation

686

Verbs used in weather expressions

688

Verbs with prepositions

690

Index of common irregular French verb forms

701

English-French verb index

705

Index of 2,600 additional verbs keyed to listing of 501 French verbs

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