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Conjugation of the French verb alterner

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

alterner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
alterner	to alternate

Present		Scored
j'alterne	I alternate
tu alternes	you alternate
il alterne	he alternates
elle alterne	she alternates
nous alternons	we alternate
vous alternez	you alternate
ils alternent	they alternate
elles alternent	they alternate

Imperfect		Scored
j'alternais	I was alternating
tu alternais	you were alternating
il alternait	he was alternating
elle alternait	she was alternating
nous alternions	we were alternating
vous alterniez	you were alternating
ils alternaient	they were alternating
elles alternaient	they were alternating

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'alternai	I alternated
tu alternas	you alternated
il alterna	he alternated
elle alterna	she alternated
nous alternâmes	we alternated
vous alternâtes	you alternated
ils alternèrent	they alternated
elles alternèrent	they alternated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'alternerai	I will alternate
tu alterneras	you will alternate
il alternera	he will alternate
elle alternera	she will alternate
nous alternerons	we will alternate
vous alternerez	you will alternate
ils alterneront	they will alternate
elles alterneront	they will alternate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'alternerais	I would alternate
tu alternerais	you would alternate
il alternerait	he would alternate
elle alternerait	she would alternate
nous alternerions	we would alternate
vous alterneriez	you would alternate
ils alterneraient	they would alternate
elles alterneraient	they would alternate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'alterne	(... that) I alternate
(... que) tu alternes	(... that) you alternate
(... que) il alterne	(... that) he alternates
(... que) elle alterne	(... that) she alternates
(... que) nous alternions	(... that) we alternate
(... que) vous alterniez	(... that) you alternate
(... que) ils alternent	(... that) they alternate
(... que) elles alternent	(... that) they alternate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'alternasse	(... that) I was alternating
(... que) tu alternasses	(... that) you were alternating
(... que) il alternât	(... that) he was alternating
(... que) elle alternât	(... that) she was alternating
(... que) nous alternassions	(... that) we were alternating
(... que) vous alternassiez	(... that) you were alternating
(... que) ils alternassent	(... that) they were alternating
(... que) elles alternassent	(... that) they were alternating

Imperative		Scored
alterne	Alternate
alternons	Let's alternate
alternez	Alternate

Present Participle		Scored
alternant	alternating

Past Participle		Scored
alterné	alternated

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