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Conjugation of the French verb animer

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

animer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
animer	to animate

Present		Scored
j'anime	I animate
tu animes	you animate
il anime	he animates
elle anime	she animates
nous animons	we animate
vous animez	you animate
ils animent	they animate
elles animent	they animate

Imperfect		Scored
j'animais	I was animating
tu animais	you were animating
il animait	he was animating
elle animait	she was animating
nous animions	we were animating
vous animiez	you were animating
ils animaient	they were animating
elles animaient	they were animating

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'animai	I animated
tu animas	you animated
il anima	he animated
elle anima	she animated
nous animâmes	we animated
vous animâtes	you animated
ils animèrent	they animated
elles animèrent	they animated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'animerai	I will animate
tu animeras	you will animate
il animera	he will animate
elle animera	she will animate
nous animerons	we will animate
vous animerez	you will animate
ils animeront	they will animate
elles animeront	they will animate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'animerais	I would animate
tu animerais	you would animate
il animerait	he would animate
elle animerait	she would animate
nous animerions	we would animate
vous animeriez	you would animate
ils animeraient	they would animate
elles animeraient	they would animate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'anime	(... that) I animate
(... que) tu animes	(... that) you animate
(... que) il anime	(... that) he animates
(... que) elle anime	(... that) she animates
(... que) nous animions	(... that) we animate
(... que) vous animiez	(... that) you animate
(... que) ils animent	(... that) they animate
(... que) elles animent	(... that) they animate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'animasse	(... that) I was animating
(... que) tu animasses	(... that) you were animating
(... que) il animât	(... that) he was animating
(... que) elle animât	(... that) she was animating
(... que) nous animassions	(... that) we were animating
(... que) vous animassiez	(... that) you were animating
(... que) ils animassent	(... that) they were animating
(... que) elles animassent	(... that) they were animating

Imperative		Scored
anime	Animate
animons	Let's animate
animez	Animate

Present Participle		Scored
animant	animating

Past Participle		Scored
animé	animated

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