Tenses and actions

Here you want to say that it happens regularly.

Action qui arrive régulièrement.

Here you want to say that it is happening at the moment.

Action qui arrive en ce moment.

You did it yesterday, it happened in the past., the action is finished.

Action passée et datée (hier/yesterday).

You were doing it in the past. It's not sure whether the action was finished or not.

Action qui avait lieu hier, on insiste sur la durée.

You have just finished it. So it has a connection to the present. Maybe your clothes are dirty.

Action qui vient de se produire,avec conséquence sur le présent.

You want to say how long you have been doing it. (You started in the past and it continues up to the present.

Action qui a commencé dans le passé et continue dans le présent.

The two actions are related to each other: you had finished to play football and after that the girl arrived.

Les 2 actions sont liées,l'une finissant quand l'autre commence.

Here you want to point out how long you had been doing it before the girl came.

Même chose ici en insistant sur la durée de la 1ère action.

This is a prediction, you can probably do something else.

C'est une prédiction, il se peut que vous fassiez autre chose.

This is a plan you've made.

C'est un projet.

You do it every Sunday (as usual)

Action future et habituelle du dimanche.

You will have done it before tomorrow.

Action accomplie d'ici demain.

You'll probably do it.

Action probable.

You'll probably do it. Here you concentrate more on the progress of the action.

Action probable,en insistant sur sa durée.

You'll probably have finished playing football at a special time in the future. Here you concentrate on the fact (football).

Action future avec notion de probabilité.

You'll probably have finished playing football at a special time in the future. Here you concentrate on the progress of playing (football).

Action future avec notion de probabilité en insistant sur la durée.