![]() – We are happy that they want to get married. Nous sommes contents qu’ils veuillent se marier. – It’s a pity that you don’t want to come back. C’est dommage que vous ne vouliez pas revenir. Ils sont triste que nous voulions partir. ![]() Il est heureux que je veuille l’inviter. – He is happy that I want to invite him. Je voudrais – I would like is the most common way of asking for something, and is more polite than ‘ je veux‘. Vous voudrez aller dîner au restaurant après avoir passé la journée à la plage? – Will you want to go and have dinner at the restaurant after having spent the day at the beach? Ils voudront lui offrir un cadeau. In spoken language, the pass compos is always used instead of the. The pass compos talks about actions that were completed in the past and emphasises their results or consequences in the present. It corresponds to the English simple past or sometimes the present perfect. – We will want to visit the Musée d’Orsay. The pass compos is the most important past tense in French. – She will want to talk to you when you arrive. – Will you want to go out as soon as I’m ready? Elle voudra vous parler lorsque vous arriverez. Indicatif (Indicative) Prsent (Present) Prsent Pass compos (Present perfect) Pass compos Imparfait (Imperfect) Imparfait Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect). (French sometimes uses the future tense when English uses the present tense.) Tu voudras sortir des que je serai. The perfect tense refers to one specific occasion, whereas the imperfect signifies that someone wanted something over a period of time. ![]() Sometimes ‘wanted’ would require the use of the imperfect tense. Je veux – I wish, I want Tu veux – You wish, you want (sing.fam.) Il veut – He wishes, he wants Elle veut – She wishes, she wants Nous voulons – We wish, we want Vous voulez – You wish, you want (pl.pol.) Ils veulent – They wish, they want (m.) Elles veulent – They wish, they want (f.) Perfect tense (passé composé) Read on to find out its use in the present, perfect, future and present subjunctive tenses. Vouloir, ‘to want’, is very common verb, and another irregular one.
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