Excellent!! The best explanation ever, especially with showing it on the time-line board. Genuis. I have always struggled with this, and now your awesome video explained it all. Un monde de remerciment!

@JeanMichelDeBarros

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you struggled because you did not know them in English to start☝️

@yy-qj8ym

Жыл бұрын

@@JeanMichelDeBarros no need to be an ass about it

@annettecuaz1939

Жыл бұрын

We all have a learning style and the timeline is a helpful model for this visual learner. Thank you, Alexa

@vanivalson7488

5 ай бұрын

SAME!! Merci beacoup! :)

@oghazal

4 ай бұрын

You make a complex topic so simple & fun. You are so charismatic & talented. Thanx so much

french learners relax, i am a native french myself and i have to watch this for a basic french test at school lol

@Gachiya

2 ай бұрын

Le futur antérieur est compliqué à placer en vrai quand on est natif. Le passé simple est parti dans une autre dimension tellement il est loin dans le passé et peu utilisé. Genre le passé antérieur 😅

I went to 10 years of french school, and no one... NO ONE has ever explained it this well to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

@yanaika3443

Жыл бұрын

same I've been learning French for 6 years in school and no one ever explained it like this

@kartikraj5612

Жыл бұрын

Are french student?

@seriousturn957

Жыл бұрын

Honestly same here LOL

@waniya502

Жыл бұрын

I've been learning since a year but one of my friend who is learning from 8 years , says that she doesn't know anything except for bonjour and aurevoir even though she's learning from 1st grade.

@yanellmannetamayadiaz6017

Жыл бұрын

REPOST!!

Merci. J’ai commencé mes études de français il y a 40 ans et j’ai développé un amour pour la langue.

This timeline is incredibly useful. As I study French, I refer back to this timeline. As a visual learner, it helps tremendously to be able to SEE the relationship between the different tenses. Thank you for putting this together.

@gmylap7344

8 ай бұрын

Same! Im a visual learner and this was TRULY helpful!

I had 4 years of French and never properly understood some of the tenses. This explanation using the timeline is so helpful! Thank you!

@JeanMichelDeBarros

Жыл бұрын

These Tenses are the same in English. Of course, if you don’t know them in English, you also won't know them in French☝️

@JeanMichelDeBarros

Жыл бұрын

Did you know them in English before learning them in French? That might be the problem.

@mohaibey3887

Жыл бұрын

I had 19 years of french and just now I understand that thanks teacher

@fatisummer9106

Жыл бұрын

I almost drop learning french just cuz these tenses

@bright218

4 ай бұрын

@@JeanMichelDeBarros Hey, i'm a native english speaker, and i never understood the french tenses because tehy were handed on high when we were taught. Why does PQP com before PC? never hear so. What even *is* PQP? it was not explained

This is by far the best French lesson I've ever had... thank you so much for your hard work this was such an ingenious way of showing how tenses change.

@learnfrenchwithalexa

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

LOVE your use of timeline and colors to represent the different tenses! Excellent visualization of this complex concept. My only tiny tip is to explain that the term "perfect/parfait" doesn't have its usual meaning of "without flaws" but in the context of verb conjugation it means "complete." Explaining this to my own language learners helped them to embed an understanding that tenses like "past perfect" were actions *completed* in the past, or "Future perfect" was action that will have been completed in the future. Thank you so much for such a clear, beautiful and precise video!

I am learning French at school and find this video incredibly helpful. It's so much easier to see the tenses all compared this way rather than separate! Thank you very much.

@andreaandrea6716

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!

@Tina-qp7py

Жыл бұрын

I have to listen more than once and take notes. And then repeat out loud each verb tense.

@texastim7502

8 ай бұрын

I totally agree.

You explained something my teachers could not explain for years within a few minutes. Thank you

@kartikraj5612

Жыл бұрын

Are you french student?

verb tenses are the biggest things holding me back from leaving my French A2 plateau and entering the B level. i always get them mixed up or just forget them. having the visual along with the thoughtful explanations helped so much! this video was SO helpful, i paused and took notes as i watched and had so many "aha!" moments! merci beaucoup!!!

Didnt even understand these tenses in english which made it harder at school. Thanks for clarifying!

I am a french native speaker from Canada and i have to say that i'vr never had a teacher explain tenses that well to me, good job Alexa!!

@Marcoosianism

Жыл бұрын

Are you presently taking English lessons somewhere?

@Nothing-dk1xh

Жыл бұрын

@@Marcoosianism yes I am!

@Marcoosianism

Жыл бұрын

@@Nothing-dk1xh I was replying to "Recalled", but nice!

This helps a lot. All I need to do now is actively use all tenses to have burned into my brain!

@anrikedormehl3195

2 жыл бұрын

Very useful but how do you burn it into your brain? Please tell me too! 🌻

@lordvoldemort5725

2 жыл бұрын

@@anrikedormehl3195 Practice.

Clear as day. Just need to nail this on my head.

Seeing the timeline mapped out makes this so much clearer - SO helpful! Merci beaucoup :)

I would pay money for a nice quality poster of this timeline! It's fantastic and so clearly explains the time relationships and verb tenses. 💡🙏🏻👍🏻

@learnfrenchwithalexa

2 жыл бұрын

I can send you the full graphic if you’d like to email us Kimberly!

@Rayrobe33

11 ай бұрын

@@learnfrenchwithalexa thank you so much for this visual! Please is it possible to also get the graphic? Thanks a lot for all you do to make french easier. I have been learning French 'forever!' and am still struggling. English speaker, now living in Montreal...but I will not give up :)

@asrir3736

11 ай бұрын

@@learnfrenchwithalexa I would love too to have that graphic. Could you send me as well ??

The most helpful video on KZread for all new french learners

Ce n'est pas présenté comme on l'apprend à l'école mais je pense que c'est plus synthétique et plus clair. Merci.

@turnipsociety706

Жыл бұрын

ca depend de l'ecole. J'ai appris l'anglais avec ce genre de lignes temporelles

@user-yo1ru1on7w

Жыл бұрын

@@turnipsociety706 mais j’ai appris le français à L’école depuis 7 ans et je vais continuer avec la langue au l’université, au cours de ces 7 années, Mes professeurs n'ont pas autant aidé que cette vidéo. J’ai du mal avec l’imparfait pour la plupart et mes profs n’ont pas aidé mais, maintenant, je comprends le temps et je peux étudier et réviser pour mes examens. Désolé pour mon français, comme j’ai dit, je suis anglais donc ce n’est pas parfait. Je kiffe la langue et l’étudie des langues donc je vais continuer et apprendre💪

@chrishoughton6611

2 ай бұрын

3 years of high school French (merci, Mme Simon!) and 55 years of reading. I’ve come across the 'recent' tenses but always thought of them as idiomatic expressions rather than formal tenses, so thank you for that.

I always say "If you got an excellent teacher you will learn it easily!" You explained the tenses in a short and precise way and showed graphics for visual learners - outstanding! Thank you so much Alexa!

Thank you very much Alexa. Just to show my gratitude. I started learning French with your videos in 2019. And now, I'm glad to annonce my fluency in the language... Je vous suis très reconnaissant pour votre rôle remarquable dans mon apprentissage de la langue française. Que Dieu vous donne la grâce nécessaire et suffisante pour continuer toujours à faire du bien pour le bien-être de l'humanité. Merci infiniment.

@learnfrenchwithalexa

2 жыл бұрын

De rien ... et félicitations ! 👏 👏 😄

@cawilaxmed6644

2 жыл бұрын

writing is not good Alexa, please change hand writing

Vous avez m'enseigner plus formes de verbes en 10 minutes que mon professeur en 4 ans !

@heugeinoz

Жыл бұрын

Exactement. 😂

@spikefivefivefive

Жыл бұрын

* Vous m'avez enseigne

@mcp866

Жыл бұрын

@@spikefivefivefive merci !

@alexflc6063

Жыл бұрын

@@spikefivefivefive Vous m'avez enseigné plus en conjugaison en 10 minutes que mon professeur en 4 ans ( le problème est que le Français est une langue très précise ) bon courage

@varoonnone7159

Жыл бұрын

Vous m'avez mieux enseigné*

Just developed an interest in learning french, and this is the best KZread channel I've seen

I am an English teacher myself, and my knowledge of French is extremely limited, and to be honest I just clicked on the video out of curiosity, I didn't know any tense of French, but after your explanation, and because you compared them to the English tenses, I understood to perfection, at least the basics of how the tenses work in French and their equivalences in English. I know that many people have already said this but, you are an excellent professeure, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge to the world.

MILLIONS TIMES THANK YOU! I just finish my second semester in my career (foreing languajes) and I suffered so hard in French, the french tenses made me cry a lot because everyone could memorized everything but I couldn't understand anything, I though I was bad at french, but thank to you I know how can I start again, merci!

I just started learning French and you have been a savior! Thank you so much for such amazing videos!

this is the most useful representation of french conjugations i have ever seen! Merci beaucoup !

I always think to learn french with french speaking videos, it's not right because I couldn't find any video explaining so well about the tense but only the changing of verb forms. Excellent work, Professeure Alexa, merci beaucoup pour votre travail !

I taught basic French but I am going to France in about a month and need to brush up on verb tenses. It has been a lifelong struggle as French verb tenses are so perplexing! This tutorial and chart are AMAZING. MERCI BEAUCOUP ALEXA!!!

You are a genius! This explanation will go a long way to help many struggling students of French globally.

@learnfrenchwithalexa

Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup! 😁

As a Spanish speaker. It made sense because we have the same tenses. Thank you 😊

this is great, i come here often to review my tenses

You're the 1st French teacher I've ever known who uses a verb timeline other than myself! Amazing video! I have added the link for this video to my timeline handout for my students to watch. I use your videos A LOT with my FSL students. TOP prof!

This timeline example was extremely useful. I've never seen it explained this way and it makes so much sense! Thanks!

I have tried to extract this from French teachers in the past to no avail. Thank you so much; I am now quite excited about learning more from you.

I left the video to do my law assignment, but my cat stayed and she now knows the French verbs and tenses, so thank you very much!

What a really helpful video I’ve ever waited for .. it simplifies the most difficult part in learning French ❤️ 🇫🇷 and in ONLY ten minutes. I can’t thank enough teacher Alexa ❤️❤️ A big thanks from all of my heart ❤️ And we are waiting for more .. as we also find the regular and irregular verbs another difficulty that we suffer from..

This is definitely, extremely helpful for me! as an mandarin speaker learning French it is difficult to come to a timeline for verb conjugation like this since the concepts of time are distinctly different, and I have never seen any other french teachers teaching these concepts through such a clear explanation and visual presentation. Thank you so much!

@learnfrenchwithalexa

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much !! I am very glad my videos are helping you! 🥰

If I a teacher like you I would not have dropped French at O’Level…. I look forward to learning with your videos… Merci..

I'm glad KZread sugested your channel to me. You have such a direct and clear explanation.

That was the most helpful, easy-to-understand explanation of French tenses I have ever seen!! I love the graphic timeline!! That visual is so effective in visualizing the tenses. You did an amazing job!!

Merci beaucoup, Cette leçon était vraiment instructive

Merci beaucoup! This is the clearest way I have ever seen this subject visualized.

took a print screen of this timeline and have it posted on my office, merci beaucoup!!

Well, in real french we use présent, futur and imparfait, passé simple just in books. In termes of mode, indicative, imperative, conditional (if condition) and subjonctive mainly after conjunction introduced by que. There are 3 kinds of verb according to the "stem": in E, in I and zero one (sa called 3rd group). Last letters are regular e-es-e for the ER (E group) + 2 or 3 in IR, otherwise it's s-s-t or x-x-t with verbs in OIR. The endings of present tense are partially irregular with some 8 verbs (avoir, être, aller, faire, dire etc... vous êtes, faîtes, dîtes and ils sont, vont, font and so on). Really suppletive forms occurs with avoir, être and aller, just learn them) and the irregularities met in other tense or modes are mainly with the same verbs + those in OIR. About the 3rd group, the point is to remember which consonannt will "link" the plural forms. It can be S (pronounced Z), SS, Y. Some 3 or 4 unregular cases here with forms in N (preNons - preNNent), V (buVons - boiVent) and so. Pay attention to vowel changes due to the position of the stress on the last syllable (pEUx - pouvONs). Nothing scaring, even french people can speak french... Have a nice day!

@Frenchconnection6

Жыл бұрын

that's really confusing, like most French textbooks! Alexa made it nice and simple to understand so that's what I'm going to follow

@user-jk1zm5uq6l

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing that. It brings such clarity...grammar notwithstanding!

This was indeed more than useful and helpful. In addition to this video being useful, your teaching method est vraiment adorable. And this makes You quite a Darling Lady!

Greatest long-term memory method of explanation for french language verb tenses that I've seen until now, using this guide timeline. I just wanted to make it clear that in English "I used to eat"...is not like "I was eating" at all in meaning or in timing and duration. "I used to" is exactly the imparfait, but "I was eating" means that you have to specify an exact time for when you were doing it. What were you doing last weekend at that restaturant? I was eating. What were you doing yesterday at the parlor? I was eating. You cannot however by all means say, "I was eating with my friend during college." Incorrect, except if it was the start of a story, " One day I was eating with my friend during college, when an armed guy came up to us." BUT did you ever run on the highway? Yes, I used to run on the highway in the old days. (An action that started and continued in the past, but is no longer being done.) = Imparfait. One more thing about the future tense: In English language, there is no such thing as "I will have eaten", it is "I would have eaten" instead. Thanks a lot for your video.

@user-jk1zm5uq6l

11 күн бұрын

Why is there no such thing? I will have eaten by the time you arrive. Are you saying that is improper English grammar?

I had three years of French and never understood the tenses in a better way, merci beaucoup ❤

Thank you very much for a wonderful explanation ☺️

I never understood the tenses and this is very helpful! Although I'm kinda confused between some verbs' uses especially that I'm not a native English speaker but I'll look up the rest of your videos! Thank you very much :)

tu as rendu mon voyage avec la langue française facile, je t'aime

It’s much much clearer to me now since in alliance Français didn’t explains to me what’s the purpose of equivalent in English they just taught me how to conjugate verbs only that’s it Without deep understanding of that Thanks for your big help

Alexa, your cheerful explanations and examples have helped us understand more the minute differences among different tenses. They are very helpful. keep up the good work. Love your channel. Already subscribed.

Best vidéo EVER! ❤️🇨🇵💕 I can use this for my Spanish and English students as well! Tu es magnifique ! 😘

I have been studing french for some months, and this is the best class i had! Clear and strict to the point! Congrats Alexa!!!

I'm from Sri Lanka...I'm studying french language for my advance level examination...These tenses were the biggest problem for me...Thank you so much help me to solve it ❤

Super helpful since it’s been years since I took French in college. And this makes me remember, like a refresher course 🤓 Merci Alexa

@learnfrenchwithalexa

Жыл бұрын

A refresher is always a good idea!

Thank you so much. This is brilliant and makes things so clear in my mind.

@learnfrenchwithalexa

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! 👏

Best french teacher ever ❤

If someone had taught me this in the past, I wouldn't,t have struggled to learn French throughout the years. Thank you!

Merci . Tu es intelligente . I am a jss3 student and no one has explained this like you . Merci , au reviour et merci . I used my mum's phone to watch this video, tu vrai intelligente

This timeline is extremely helpful. Many things clicked and will help in developing a plan on how to study and practice.

IM BOUTTA IMPROVE MY GRADES TO A 95%+!!!!

Passé composé was what we learned in high-school French, it's too bad that none of us understood what exactly it meant. Plus, more focus on conversation would have been so helpful! Merci beaucoup, Alexa!

Bonjour Alexa! MERCI d'avoir partagé ce schéma avec nous! c'est très intéressant! Bonne journée!

I had a French lesson 5 days a week for 5 years at school, and some of those tenses I never even heard of. I left school not even able to make simple conversation, and totally unable to understand a native speaker, and I was actually near the top of my class. There was so much basic stuff I was never taught. I see now what I was missing from you and other apps I follow like Duolingo. You're the best though. I wish I had you as a teacher back then.

I recently earned my certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, and the instructors used the timeline, which was helpful. Unfortunately, English has, like, 18 tenses so that timeline got pretty crowded! This video was really helpful.

First time seeing such a concise and clear explanation. Great!

Alexa is by far the best French teacher on YT.

You have taught me more than I have ever learned in my french class

Wow this is the clearest timeline to differentiate all the tenses I never understood since high school.

Hi Alexa. I am a student in Quebec with no background in French. I would like to thank you a lottttttt for your amazing and useful videos. I am learning French with your channel instead of taking French class. I saved my money and time very much as a graduate student. You almost covered everything we need to know to learn French. Thank you and keep up the good work.

I love your French classes! Thanks so much.

Thanks a lot Alexa, you are clever so much to explain, learning French by autodidact like me really so difficult, but you helped me how to understand the tenses, greeting from Surabaya Indonesia.

The best video I’ve ever seen on this topic. I wish I had this when I was in French immersion.

Thanks so much. Never had this explained so well. I will review it again and again. Love your teaching methods and accent.

Excellent way to present time-based indicative tenses

Thank you. This was so detailed at same time as being so simplified.

I’m speechless. Wish I had this when I was learning French in Uni.

This is by far the best explanation available to define the crux of how tense structure works in French language. This helps me to clarifies the verb forms to be used when I'm thinking in English and converting the sentence in French. My native language is Hindi. I studied English as a second language and wanted to learn french as well, this has been helpful .

Your timeline is genius! I got a lot from this video than from any that I’ve seen on this topic. Bravo!!

I am just starting to lay the basic framework of understanding of French. The timeline is the best explanation of the French tenses that I have seen. I am going to practice a number of verbs in every tense. Thanks!

The best video ever for french language❤❤ Greetings from Egypt❤❤

Merci. I am just starting to revise my French learnt 30 years ago. This was so useful!

Hello Alexa. Where have you been all my life!!!! I have just tumbled upon your video. But believe me, you now have a new follower...... I am a very visual person and this timeline helps me enormously. As another follower indicates below, a picture paints a thousand words! I have been in France for many years and speak French quite well, but I have never studied French per se and I have faulted with French tenses for a long time. Your explanations are very clear and your energy and clarity are excellent. Thank you so much. I now have a French teacher! Maureen from Paris.

In the years and years of learning french, having traveled in France and going to school for a semester in France and Quebec, I was never shown this visual aide. I may have gotten my conjugations correct most of the time but this is just so much more helpful. Thank you.

I fortuitously found this video this morning and so grateful for it! Wonderful clear explanation of the tenses! Ive been studying French with Duolingo and while it’s fun, they just throw the tenses at you in the lessons without a good explanation ! This is ever so helpful… going to rewatch with and take notes for reference, and will subscribe to your channel! Merci beaucoup!

Your timeline is a clear and brilliant way to layout the progression of the verb! If those tenses were all new to me at this time of first watching it, my head would hurt ! However, either way it’s a great way to see the logic in a complex array of verb usage! You are the best !

bro this woman is carrying me through GCSE French so easily shes a tremendous help !!!!!!!! thank you from the bottom of my heart madame alexa

This is fantastic. Why they couldn’t explain this for A’Levels or even degree studies I don’t know. It’s so easy to understand in a timeline. Thank you Alexa

Why can’t all language teachers be this good? 🤯

@learnfrenchwithalexa

Жыл бұрын

They haven't watched my videos yet 😉

As a Frenchman, I can say that this is all correct and true. I might only add that there is one more form, although not very commonly used , but you can hear it sometimes : - (quand) j'ai eu mangé : (when) I have finished to eat = after I have eaten - (quand) j'avais eu mangé : (when) I had finished to eat = after I had eaten - (quand) j'aurai eu mangé : (when) I will have finished to eat = after I will have eaten

I used to be a Spanish teacher, and this is how I explained the tenses to my Spanish students. I am studying French by myself, and I found this very helpful!

An amazing 👏 teacher that I have seen . I am very good at french reading because of her .she has intelligent skills to teach french language

Mam youre a great teacher thank you youre a lifesaver

Thanks, the timeline is great. A picture paints a thousand words!

Very clear explanation of verb forms. Merci

It was the most glamorous explanation for the ease of understanding I've ever seen. You always push me forward to learn without giving up this complex language. Thank you so much, Alexa.🙏🙏🙏

Genius! You have cut through so much confusion and frustration with this handy reference timeline. I have never seen anything explained so clearly, it should be in every French language textbook. I copied this lesson and saved it to my favorites at the top of the page for ease of access as I plan on going over and over this lesson and the others that you mentioned. Thank you so much.

I've been speaking French for almost 5 years and this helped a lot, thank you :))