Introduction to the French Present Tense

Prologue to the French Present Tense The French current state, called le prã ©sent or le prã ©sent de lindicatif, is very comparable in utilization to the English current state. In French, the current state is utilized to communicate the entirety of the accompanying: I. Current activities and circumstances    Je suis fatiguà ©.   I am tired.   Nous allons au marchà ©.   We are setting off to the market. II. Constant activities    Il va lã ©cole tous les jours.   He goes to class each day.   Je visite des musã ©es le samedi.   I visit historical centers on Saturdays. III. Outright and general realities    La terre est ronde.   The earth is round.   Là ©ducation est importante.   Education is significant. IV. Activities which will happen right away    Jarrive !   Ill be correct there!   Il part tout de suite.   He is leaving immediately. V. Conditions, for example, in si provisions    Si je peux, jirai avec toi.   If I can, I will go with you.   Si vous voulez.   If you like. Note: The current state isn't utilized after specific developments that show an activity that will happen later on, for example, aprã ¨s que (after) and aussitã't que (when). Rather, what's to come is utilized in French. The French current state has three distinctive English reciprocals, in light of the fact that the English helping action words to be and to do are not converted into French. For instance, je mange can mean the entirety of the accompanying: I eat.I am eating.I do eat. In the event that you need to stress the way that something is going on the present moment, you can utilize the conjugated action word à ªtre en train de infinitive. So to state I am eating (at the present time), you would truly say I am eating: Je suis en train de trough. To figure out how to conjugate French action words in the current state and afterward test yourself, if you don't mind see these related exercises: Customary Verbs  -ER action words - IR verbsâ -RE action words