Conjugating verbs is probably one of the most difficult aspects of learning any foreign language. When I learned Arabic, I took classes for only three months but that was enough to give me a basic idea of verb patterns. From there I was able to continue learning the language by listening to it being spoken around me; it is relatively easy, for example, to increase your vocabulary by looking up nouns and adjectives in a dictionary.
Bescherelle is the definitive guide to conjugating French verbs in all their tenses. You might expect a guide covering twelve thousand verbs to be a huge heavy tome, but it is a small format and has just 174 pages, thus light enough to carry around with you. It is divided into three main sections: grammar of the verb, conjugation tables, and a dictionary of the spelling of verbs. Whilst it may sound like one of the most boring books ever to be published, it is a mine of information that could make you realise how much there is still to learn.
