Les temps du verbe
Passé Composé (what happened?) J’ai voyagé Je suis rentré(e) Nous nous sommes rencontré(e)s Il l’a vue. I traveled. I came back. We met each other. He saw her.
Imparfait (what was happening) Je voyageais Je rentrais Nous nous rencontrions Il le regardait I was traveling I was returning We were meeting each other He was watching it
Plus-que-Parfait (what had happened) J’avais voyagé. J’ étais rentrée. Nous nous étions rencontré(e)s. Il l’avait vue. I had traveled. I had returned. We had met. He had seen her.
Futur Simple (what will happen) Je voyagerai Je rentrerai Nous nous rencontrerons Il la verra I will travel I will return We will meet He will see her
Conditionnel (what would happen) Je voyagerais Je rentrerais Nous nous rencontrerions Il la verrait I would travel I would return We would meet He would see her
Conditionnel Passé (what would have happened) J’aurais voyagé Je serais rentré(e) Nous nous serions rencontré(e)s Il l’aurait vue I would have traveled I would have returned We would have met He would have seen her
L’usage des temps avec si To describe…SI CLAUSEMAIN/RESULT CLAUSE Exemple A possibility (about a future event) PRESENTFUTURE IMPERATIVE Si nous prenons le métro, nous ne nous perdrons pas. A hypothetical situation IMPERFECTCONDITIONALSi nous prenions le m étro, nous ne nous perdrions pas. A hypothetical situation in the past PLUPERFECTPAST CONDITIONAL Si nous avions pris le m étro, nous ne nous aurions pas perdu(e)s.