French GCSE
Verb morphology
What Verb morphology means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Verb morphology
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Reference: AQA
Irregular stems include ir- for aller, fer- for faire, ser- for être and aur- for avoir, and the letter r before the ending marks the future tense.
To form the present tense of regular verbs, remove the infinitive ending (-er, -ir, or -re) to find the stem, then add the appropriate endings.
The stem for 'vouloir' is 'voudr-' and for 'aimer' it is 'aimer-', with the conditional endings -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient.
Topics that use Verb morphology
- Verbs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adjectival agreement
- Advice and recommendations
- Asking and answering questions
- Auxiliary verbs
- Complex sentences
- Conjunctions
- Expressing desires and preferences
- Expressing obligation
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