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Conjugation of the French verb étudier

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

étudier is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
étudier	to study

Present		Scored
j'étudie	I study
tu étudies	you study
il étudie	he studies
elle étudie	she studies
nous étudions	we study
vous étudiez	you study
ils étudient	they study
elles étudient	they study

Imperfect		Scored
j'étudiais	I was studying
tu étudiais	you were studying
il étudiait	he was studying
elle étudiait	she was studying
nous étudiions	we were studying
vous étudiiez	you were studying
ils étudiaient	they were studying
elles étudiaient	they were studying

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
j'étudiai	I studied
tu étudias	you studied
il étudia	he studied
elle étudia	she studied
nous étudiâmes	we studied
vous étudiâtes	you studied
ils étudièrent	they studied
elles étudièrent	they studied

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

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

Future		Scored
j'étudierai	I will study
tu étudieras	you will study
il étudiera	he will study
elle étudiera	she will study
nous étudierons	we will study
vous étudierez	you will study
ils étudieront	they will study
elles étudieront	they will study

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 étudié	I will have studied
tu auras étudié	you will have studied
il aura étudié	he will have studied
elle aura étudié	she will have studied
nous aurons étudié	we will have studied
vous aurez étudié	you will have studied
ils auront étudié	they will have studied
elles auront étudié	they will have studied

Conditional		Scored
j'étudierais	I would study
tu étudierais	you would study
il étudierait	he would study
elle étudierait	she would study
nous étudierions	we would study
vous étudieriez	you would study
ils étudieraient	they would study
elles étudieraient	they would study

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 étudié	I would have studied
tu aurais étudié	you would have studied
il aurait étudié	he would have studied
elle aurait étudié	she would have studied
nous aurions étudié	we would have studied
vous auriez étudié	you would have studied
ils auraient étudié	they would have studied
elles auraient étudié	they would have studied

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étudie	(... that) I study
(... que) tu étudies	(... that) you study
(... que) il étudie	(... that) he studies
(... que) elle étudie	(... that) she studies
(... que) nous étudiions	(... that) we study
(... que) vous étudiiez	(... that) you study
(... que) ils étudient	(... that) they study
(... que) elles étudient	(... that) they study

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étudiasse	(... that) I was studying
(... que) tu étudiasses	(... that) you were studying
(... que) il étudiât	(... that) he was studying
(... que) elle étudiât	(... that) she was studying
(... que) nous étudiassions	(... that) we were studying
(... que) vous étudiassiez	(... that) you were studying
(... que) ils étudiassent	(... that) they were studying
(... que) elles étudiassent	(... that) they were studying

Imperative		Scored
étudie	Study
étudions	Let's study
étudiez	Study

Present Participle		Scored
étudiant	studying

Past Participle		Scored
étudié	studied

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