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Conjugation of the French verb adorer

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

adorer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
adorer	to love

Present		Scored
j'adore	I love
tu adores	you love
il adore	he loves
elle adore	she loves
nous adorons	we love
vous adorez	you love
ils adorent	they love
elles adorent	they love

Imperfect		Scored
j'adorais	I was loving
tu adorais	you were loving
il adorait	he was loving
elle adorait	she was loving
nous adorions	we were loving
vous adoriez	you were loving
ils adoraient	they were loving
elles adoraient	they were loving

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'adorai	I loved
tu adoras	you loved
il adora	he loved
elle adora	she loved
nous adorâmes	we loved
vous adorâtes	you loved
ils adorèrent	they loved
elles adorèrent	they loved

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

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

Future		Scored
j'adorerai	I will love
tu adoreras	you will love
il adorera	he will love
elle adorera	she will love
nous adorerons	we will love
vous adorerez	you will love
ils adoreront	they will love
elles adoreront	they will love

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

Conditional		Scored
j'adorerais	I would love
tu adorerais	you would love
il adorerait	he would love
elle adorerait	she would love
nous adorerions	we would love
vous adoreriez	you would love
ils adoreraient	they would love
elles adoreraient	they would love

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'adore	(... that) I love
(... que) tu adores	(... that) you love
(... que) il adore	(... that) he loves
(... que) elle adore	(... that) she loves
(... que) nous adorions	(... that) we love
(... que) vous adoriez	(... that) you love
(... que) ils adorent	(... that) they love
(... que) elles adorent	(... that) they love

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'adorasse	(... that) I was loving
(... que) tu adorasses	(... that) you were loving
(... que) il adorât	(... that) he was loving
(... que) elle adorât	(... that) she was loving
(... que) nous adorassions	(... that) we were loving
(... que) vous adorassiez	(... that) you were loving
(... que) ils adorassent	(... that) they were loving
(... que) elles adorassent	(... that) they were loving

Imperative		Scored
adore	Love
adorons	Let's love
adorez	Love

Present Participle		Scored
adorant	loving

Past Participle		Scored
adoré	loved

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Irregular conjugation

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