Être, an essential French verb

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Être is one of the most common and important French verbs. In addition to meaning “to be,” it’s found in many idioms and creates the passive voice as well as the compound conjugations for certain verbs. Today’s issue of Lawless French à fond dives to the heart of the essential French verb être.

Table of Contents

1. Lessons

2. Listening

3. Quiz Time

4. Writing

5. Être en musique

6. Remerciements

Lessons

🎬 Using être

Introduction to the most common uses of this essential French verb.

💬 Être expressions

Être is found in many essential and idiomatic expressions, including to feel normal, to take part in, and none of your business.

🆚 C’est vs Il est

These fundamental expressions can be very confusing.

Être verb tables

How to conjugate être in every tense and mood.

🎧 Also see être conjugations with sound files.

Être as an auxiliary verb

Être is the helping verb for all pronominal verbs as well as a small but important minority of other French verbs.

🟰 Simple + Compound Tenses and Moods

See how each simple conjugation of être serves as the auxiliary verb for a corresponding compound verb form.

• Active voice être verbs

• Pronominal verbs

Listening

Work on your listening comprehension while keeping an ear out for être conjugations and expressions in these audio articles.

🎂 Les anniversaires de ma famille A1

Vive l’hiver ! A1

📱 Au téléphone avec Maman A2

Un samedi à Paris A2

🎵 Le Temps des Cathédrales, Bruno Pelletier B1

Romance au marché B2

🙋 A1 - A2 - B1 - B2 ?

These are 4 of the 6 CEFR proficiency levels.

Quiz Time

😕 Perdu en ville

Test yourself on present-tense être conjugations.

Une soirée mouvementée

Être verbs in the passé composé.

📋 PwLF Super Study Lists

Use these notebooks to test yourself on all the Progress with Lawless French être lessons.

• Être conjugations

• Expressions with être

Writing

Practice your French translation skills and être knowledge with these writing exercises.

At the aquarium A1

🚗 Driving in France A2

What literary hero would you be? B1

👩🏻‍🤝‍👩🏿 Being grateful for a great friendship B2

Être en musique

This catchy tune will help you remember the present tense conjugations.

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💗 Remerciements

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