This tense is formed with two stems:
-
Stem 2, with subject pronouns
je, tu, il
and ils,
-
Stem 3, with subject pronouns
nous,
vous.
Only one type of endings is used.
Que always
precedes the subject pronoun in this tense. Examples :
que je…, que tu…, qu’elles…, que
nous…, etc.
The verbs être (to be) and
avoir (to have)
use other endings.
The verbs aller (to go), faire (to do or
make) savoir
(to know), pouvoir
(to be able to), vouloir (to want),
valoir (to be
worth) use the same endings but a new stem instead of Stem 2 and/or
Stem 3.
