Notice that il (he) and elle (she) share the same verb — est. The past tense forms étais / était show up in later battles when you talk about how things used to be.

French uses avoir for: faim (hunger), soif (thirst), chaud (heat), froid (cold), peur (fear), raison (being right), sommeil (sleepiness). These are nouns in French, not adjectives.

Notice vais, vas, va, vont look nothing like "aller" — this verb is completely irregular. The only consistent form is all- in allons and allez.

faites is the odd one out — you might expect "faisez" but French says faites. It's one of only a few verbs with this irregular vous form.

Je peux and tu peux are identical — context tells you who's speaking. Both are always followed by an infinitive: je peux parler, nous voulons manger.

Je étais and tu étais look the same — the subject pronoun is your only clue. In conversation, people rarely drop the pronoun with imparfait so context is usually clear.

When the verb starts with a vowel, ne contracts to n' — so it's je n'ai pas, not "je ne ai pas." In informal spoken French, the ne is dropped entirely — native speakers say "je suis pas" or "j'ai pas". This is extremely common in everyday speech, but always keep both parts in writing and formal situations.

ils is used for a group of males OR a mixed group. elles is only used for an all-female group. When in doubt, default to ils.

The futur proche is actually more commonly used than the simple future tense in everyday French conversation. Once you know aller, you can express the future for any verb you already know — just add the infinitive.