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Past of the French verb penser

The past tense conjugations for the French verb penser, along with their English translations.

penser is a regular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je pensaisI was thinking
tu pensaisyou were thinking
il pensaithe was thinking
elle pensaitshe was thinking
nous pensionswe were thinking
vous pensiezyou were thinking
ils pensaientthey were thinking
elles pensaientthey were thinking

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 pensaiI thought
tu pensasyou thought
il pensahe thought
elle pensashe thought
nous pensâmeswe thought
vous pensâtesyou thought
ils pensèrentthey thought
elles pensèrentthey thought

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai penséI have thought
tu as penséyou have thought
il a penséhe has thought
elle a penséshe has thought
nous avons penséwe have thought
vous avez penséyou have thought
ils ont penséthey have thought
elles ont penséthey have thought

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