The tenses
Present:
To describe something you are doing every day:
Je commence tous les jours a 8h sauf le jeudi ou je commence a 10h.
(i start everyday at 8 except for Thrusday where i start at 10)
To say something that it's going to happen (but for a short period
Je pars en vacance dimanche prochain.
(i'm going on vacation this sunday)
Anything that happens now:
Il lit un livre
(he reads a book)
Futur:
For something that is certain:
l'homme sera toujours l'homme
(Man will always be man)
Something that will happen in the future:
Paul va se marrier en mai
(Paul will get married on May)
Imparfait:
Something that you used to do in the past:
Ils commencaient a 10h le matin.
(They used to start at 10 o'clock in the morning)
If you suggest something:
Si on allait bavarder ailleurs?
(If we went somewhere else to talk?)
To tell you the truth i really try to explain. I don't know why i say anything i say, and i understand better the tenses because in greek we have a lot of tenses too. French and english aren't my mother languages, so i can't really explain.
Basically just translate.
I eat
Je mange
I will be there
Je serai la
And i think imparfait is basically - i used to.
