What is a mode?
A mode reflects the way the speaker or the writer presents the sentence: sometimes the sentence is a simple statement, sometimes there is a condition or sometimes, the speaker a command.
| the infinitive mode | an infinitive verb is neutral, not conjugated, it has no personal pronoun | aimer | to like, to love |
| the indicative mode | is for statements, the speaker simply states the way things are or aren’t | Ils aiment les livres. | They like books. |
| the imperative mode or command forms | expresses a command or a request | Aime les livres ! | Like books! |
| the conditional mode | expresses an hypothesis or a condition | J’aimerais les livres. | I would like books. |
| the subjunctive mode | expresses the speaker’s point of view, with wishes, hopes, emotions, feelings | Il faut que tu aimes les livres. | You must like books. |
| the participle mode
…………...... some grammarians add the gerund to the participle mode |
is the verb used as an adjective or added information
…………...... as a complementary information for a previous verb (gerund in ‘en verb-ant’) |
C’est une personne aimant les livres.Voilà livre aimé,
…………...... On étudie tout en aimant bien les livres que nous lisons |
She’s a person who likes (liking) books.Here’s the loved book.…………......
We’re studying yet liking the books we’re reading. |
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