Sample Conjugations of Regular Verbs
Below are sample conjugations of regular ER, IR, and RE verbs, plus a sample conjugation of a pronominal verb. The verb, its definition, its present and past participles, and whether it uses avoir or �tre as its auxiliary verb are all listed (in that order). It is then conjugated in the seven simple tenses, plus the imperative mood. This is all you need to be able to conjugate these verbs in all the tenses and moods. To find out how to form the compound tenses from the information that is given here, go to Formation of the Tenses.
*The forms for each tense are listed in the order of je, tu, il/elle/on, nous, vous, ils/elles (and for the imperative, in the order of tu, nous, vous).
*For the past participles of verbs conjugated with �tre, "(e)(s)" is written after the regular past participle because if a verb is conjugated with �tre, the past participle must always agree with the subject.
parler - to speak, to talk parlant parl� avoir
Present Indicative: parle, parles, parle, parlons, parlez, parlent
Imperfect Indicative: parlais, parlais, parlait, parlions, parliez, parlaient
Pass� Simple: parlai, parlas, parla, parl�mes, parl�tes, parl�rent
Future: parlerai, parleras, parlera, parlerons, parlerez, parleront
Conditional: parlerais, parlerais, parlerait, parlerions, parleriez, parleraient
Present Subjunctive: parle, parles, parle, parlions, parliez, parlent
Imperfect Subjunctive: parlasse, parlasses, parl�t, parlassions, parlassiez, parlassent
Imperative: parle, parlons, parlez
finir - to finish finissant fini avoir
Present Indicative: finis, finis, finit, finissons, finissez, finissent
Imperfect Indicative: finissais, finissais, finissait, finissions, finissiez, finissaient
Pass� Simple: finis, finis, finit, fin�mes, fin�tes, finirent
Future: finirai, finiras, finira, finirons, finirez, finiront
Conditional: finirais, finirais, finirait, finirions, finiriez, finiraient
Present Subjunctive: finisse, finisses, finisse, finissions, finissiez, finissent
Imperfect Subjunctive: finisse, finisses, fin�t, finissions, finissiez, finissent
Imperative: finis, finissons, finissez
vendre - to sell vendant vendu avoir
Present Indicative: vends, vends, vend, vendons, vendez, vendent
Imperfect Indicative: vendais, vendais, vendait, vendions, vendiez, vendaient
Pass� Simple: vendis, vendis, vendit, vend�mes, vend�tes, vendirent
Future: vendrai, vendras, vendra, vendrons, vendrez, vendront
Conditional: vendrais, vendrais, vendrait, vendrions, vendriez, vendraient
Present Subjunctive: vende, vendes, vende, vendions, vendiez, vendent
Imperfect Subjunctive: vendisse, vendisses, vend�t, vendissions, vendissiez, vendissent
Imperative: vends, vendons, vendez
se coucher - to go to bed se couchant couch�(e)(s) �tre
Present Indicative: me couche, te couches, se couche, nous couchons, vous couchez, se couchent
Imperfect Indicative: me couchais, te couchais, se couchait, nous couchions, vous couchiez, se couchaient
Pass� Simple: me couchai, te couchas, se coucha, nous couch�mes, vous couch�tes, se couch�rent
Future: me coucherai, te coucheras, se couchera, nous coucherons, vous coucherez, se coucheront
Conditional: me coucherais, te coucherais, se coucherait, nous coucherions, vous coucheriez, se coucheraient
Present Subjunctive: me couche, te couches, se couche, nous couchions, vous couchiez, se couchent
Imperfect Subjunctive: me couchasse, te couchasses, se couch�t, nous couchassions, vous couchassiez, se couchassent
Imperative: couche-toi, ne te couche pas; couchons-nous, ne nous couchons pas; couchez-vous, ne vous couchez pas
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Created 24 Feb 2007