Present tense | Infinitive | Perfect tense |
Now.I'm doing the action right now. | | It's done!The action is completed. |
Je clique. Tu sélectionnes. Il réserve. Nous cherchons. Vous organisez. Elles préparent. | Cliquer Sélectionner Réserver Chercher Organiser Préparer | J’ai cliqué. Tu as sélectionné. Il a réservé. Nous avons cherché. Vous avez organisé. Elles ont préparé. |
The perfect tense is used to tell about an action or event that is completed, that is in the past at the time you are speaking.
How it is formed The perfect tense (or compound past) is a
compound of two words: -
avoir (for almost every verb) or
être (for reflexive verbs and the following 17 verbs: "all
er, arriv
er, entr
er, rentr
er, rest
er, retourn
er, tomb
er, mont
er ; descendre ; part
ir, sort
ir ; ven
ir, deven
ir, reven
ir; naitre, mourir, passer par" -- note that you can memorised them with the acronym "DR & MRS VANDER TRAMPP") in the present tense; - a form derived from the stem of the verb called the past participle. Example: cliquer >
cliqu +
é =
cliqué for the 8000 infinitives ending in "-er".