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Conjugation of the French verb placer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb placer, along with their English translations.

placer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
placer	to place

Present		Scored
je place	I place
tu places	you place
il place	he places
elle place	she places
nous plaçons	we place
vous placez	you place
ils placent	they place
elles placent	they place

Imperfect		Scored
je plaçais	I was placing
tu plaçais	you were placing
il plaçait	he was placing
elle plaçait	she was placing
nous placions	we were placing
vous placiez	you were placing
ils plaçaient	they were placing
elles plaçaient	they were placing

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je plaçai	I placed
tu plaças	you placed
il plaça	he placed
elle plaça	she placed
nous plaçâmes	we placed
vous plaçâtes	you placed
ils placèrent	they placed
elles placèrent	they placed

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai placé	I placed
tu as placé	you placed
il a placé	he placed
elle a placé	she placed
nous avons placé	we placed
vous avez placé	you placed
ils ont placé	they placed
elles ont placé	they placed

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais placé	I had placed
tu avais placé	you had placed
il avait placé	he had placed
elle avait placé	she had placed
nous avions placé	we had placed
vous aviez placé	you had placed
ils avaient placé	they had placed
elles avaient placé	they had placed

Future		Scored
je placerai	I will place
tu placeras	you will place
il placera	he will place
elle placera	she will place
nous placerons	we will place
vous placerez	you will place
ils placeront	they will place
elles placeront	they will place

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai placé	I will have placed
tu auras placé	you will have placed
il aura placé	he will have placed
elle aura placé	she will have placed
nous aurons placé	we will have placed
vous aurez placé	you will have placed
ils auront placé	they will have placed
elles auront placé	they will have placed

Conditional		Scored
je placerais	I would place
tu placerais	you would place
il placerait	he would place
elle placerait	she would place
nous placerions	we would place
vous placeriez	you would place
ils placeraient	they would place
elles placeraient	they would place

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais placé	I would have placed
tu aurais placé	you would have placed
il aurait placé	he would have placed
elle aurait placé	she would have placed
nous aurions placé	we would have placed
vous auriez placé	you would have placed
ils auraient placé	they would have placed
elles auraient placé	they would have placed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je place	(... that) I place
(... que) tu places	(... that) you place
(... que) il place	(... that) he places
(... que) elle place	(... that) she places
(... que) nous placions	(... that) we place
(... que) vous placiez	(... that) you place
(... que) ils placent	(... that) they place
(... que) elles placent	(... that) they place

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je plaçasse	(... that) I was placing
(... que) tu plaçasses	(... that) you were placing
(... que) il plaçât	(... that) he was placing
(... que) elle plaçât	(... that) she was placing
(... que) nous plaçassions	(... that) we were placing
(... que) vous plaçassiez	(... that) you were placing
(... que) ils plaçassent	(... that) they were placing
(... que) elles plaçassent	(... that) they were placing

Imperative		Scored
place	Place
plaçons	Let's place
placez	Place

Present Participle		Scored
plaçant	placing

Past Participle		Scored
placé	placed

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