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Conjugation of the French verb plier

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

plier is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
plier	to fold

Present		Scored
je plie	I fold
tu plies	you fold
il plie	he folds
elle plie	she folds
nous plions	we fold
vous pliez	you fold
ils plient	they fold
elles plient	they fold

Imperfect		Scored
je pliais	I was folding
tu pliais	you were folding
il pliait	he was folding
elle pliait	she was folding
nous pliions	we were folding
vous pliiez	you were folding
ils pliaient	they were folding
elles pliaient	they were folding

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 pliai	I folded
tu plias	you folded
il plia	he folded
elle plia	she folded
nous pliâmes	we folded
vous pliâtes	you folded
ils plièrent	they folded
elles plièrent	they folded

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

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

Future		Scored
je plierai	I will fold
tu plieras	you will fold
il pliera	he will fold
elle pliera	she will fold
nous plierons	we will fold
vous plierez	you will fold
ils plieront	they will fold
elles plieront	they will fold

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

Conditional		Scored
je plierais	I would fold
tu plierais	you would fold
il plierait	he would fold
elle plierait	she would fold
nous plierions	we would fold
vous plieriez	you would fold
ils plieraient	they would fold
elles plieraient	they would fold

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je plie	(... that) I fold
(... que) tu plies	(... that) you fold
(... que) il plie	(... that) he folds
(... que) elle plie	(... that) she folds
(... que) nous pliions	(... that) we fold
(... que) vous pliiez	(... that) you fold
(... que) ils plient	(... that) they fold
(... que) elles plient	(... that) they fold

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pliasse	(... that) I was folding
(... que) tu pliasses	(... that) you were folding
(... que) il pliât	(... that) he was folding
(... que) elle pliât	(... that) she was folding
(... que) nous pliassions	(... that) we were folding
(... que) vous pliassiez	(... that) you were folding
(... que) ils pliassent	(... that) they were folding
(... que) elles pliassent	(... that) they were folding

Imperative		Scored
plie	Fold
plions	Let's fold
pliez	Fold

Present Participle		Scored
pliant	folding

Past Participle		Scored
plié	folded

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