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Conjugation of the French verb aimer

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

aimer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
aimer	to like

Present		Scored
j'aime	I like
tu aimes	you like
il aime	he likes
elle aime	she likes
nous aimons	we like
vous aimez	you like
ils aiment	they like
elles aiment	they like

Imperfect		Scored
j'aimais	I was liking
tu aimais	you were liking
il aimait	he was liking
elle aimait	she was liking
nous aimions	we were liking
vous aimiez	you were liking
ils aimaient	they were liking
elles aimaient	they were liking

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'aimai	I liked
tu aimas	you liked
il aima	he liked
elle aima	she liked
nous aimâmes	we liked
vous aimâtes	you liked
ils aimèrent	they liked
elles aimèrent	they liked

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

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

Future		Scored
j'aimerai	I will like
tu aimeras	you will like
il aimera	he will like
elle aimera	she will like
nous aimerons	we will like
vous aimerez	you will like
ils aimeront	they will like
elles aimeront	they will like

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

Conditional		Scored
j'aimerais	I would like
tu aimerais	you would like
il aimerait	he would like
elle aimerait	she would like
nous aimerions	we would like
vous aimeriez	you would like
ils aimeraient	they would like
elles aimeraient	they would like

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aime	(... that) I like
(... que) tu aimes	(... that) you like
(... que) il aime	(... that) he likes
(... que) elle aime	(... that) she likes
(... que) nous aimions	(... that) we like
(... que) vous aimiez	(... that) you like
(... que) ils aiment	(... that) they like
(... que) elles aiment	(... that) they like

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aimasse	(... that) I was liking
(... que) tu aimasses	(... that) you were liking
(... que) il aimât	(... that) he was liking
(... que) elle aimât	(... that) she was liking
(... que) nous aimassions	(... that) we were liking
(... que) vous aimassiez	(... that) you were liking
(... que) ils aimassent	(... that) they were liking
(... que) elles aimassent	(... that) they were liking

Imperative		Scored
aime	Like
aimons	Let's like
aimez	Like

Present Participle		Scored
aimant	liking

Past Participle		Scored
aimé	liked

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