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Conjugation of the French verb alléger

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

alléger is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
alléger	to lighten

Present		Scored
j'allège	I lighten
tu allèges	you lighten
il allège	he lightens
elle allège	she lightens
nous allégeons	we lighten
vous allégez	you lighten
ils allègent	they lighten
elles allègent	they lighten

Imperfect		Scored
j'allégeais	I was lightening
tu allégeais	you were lightening
il allégeait	he was lightening
elle allégeait	she was lightening
nous allégions	we were lightening
vous allégiez	you were lightening
ils allégeaient	they were lightening
elles allégeaient	they were lightening

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'allégeai	I lightened
tu allégeas	you lightened
il allégea	he lightened
elle allégea	she lightened
nous allégeâmes	we lightened
vous allégeâtes	you lightened
ils allégèrent	they lightened
elles allégèrent	they lightened

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

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

Future		Scored
j'allègerai	I will lighten
tu allègeras	you will lighten
il allègera	he will lighten
elle allègera	she will lighten
nous allègerons	we will lighten
vous allègerez	you will lighten
ils allègeront	they will lighten
elles allègeront	they will lighten

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

Conditional		Scored
j'allègerais	I would lighten
tu allègerais	you would lighten
il allègerait	he would lighten
elle allègerait	she would lighten
nous allègerions	we would lighten
vous allègeriez	you would lighten
ils allègeraient	they would lighten
elles allègeraient	they would lighten

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'allège	(... that) I lighten
(... que) tu allèges	(... that) you lighten
(... que) il allège	(... that) he lightens
(... que) elle allège	(... that) she lightens
(... que) nous allégions	(... that) we lighten
(... que) vous allégiez	(... that) you lighten
(... que) ils allègent	(... that) they lighten
(... que) elles allègent	(... that) they lighten

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'allégeasse	(... that) I was lightening
(... que) tu allégeasses	(... that) you were lightening
(... que) il allégeât	(... that) he was lightening
(... que) elle allégeât	(... that) she was lightening
(... que) nous allégeassions	(... that) we were lightening
(... que) vous allégeassiez	(... that) you were lightening
(... que) ils allégeassent	(... that) they were lightening
(... que) elles allégeassent	(... that) they were lightening

Imperative		Scored
allège	Lighten
allégeons	Let's lighten
allégez	Lighten

Present Participle		Scored
allégeant	lightening

Past Participle		Scored
allégé	lightened

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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