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Conjugation of the French verb appartenir

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

appartenir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
appartenir	to belong

Present		Scored
j'appartiens	I belong
tu appartiens	you belong
il appartient	he belongs
elle appartient	she belongs
nous appartenons	we belong
vous appartenez	you belong
ils appartiennent	they belong
elles appartiennent	they belong

Imperfect		Scored
j'appartenais	I was belonging
tu appartenais	you were belonging
il appartenait	he was belonging
elle appartenait	she was belonging
nous appartenions	we were belonging
vous apparteniez	you were belonging
ils appartenaient	they were belonging
elles appartenaient	they were belonging

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'appartins	I belonged
tu appartins	you belonged
il appartint	he belonged
elle appartint	she belonged
nous appartînmes	we belonged
vous appartîntes	you belonged
ils appartinrent	they belonged
elles appartinrent	they belonged

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

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

Future		Scored
j'appartiendrai	I will belong
tu appartiendras	you will belong
il appartiendra	he will belong
elle appartiendra	she will belong
nous appartiendrons	we will belong
vous appartiendrez	you will belong
ils appartiendront	they will belong
elles appartiendront	they will belong

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

Conditional		Scored
j'appartiendrais	I would belong
tu appartiendrais	you would belong
il appartiendrait	he would belong
elle appartiendrait	she would belong
nous appartiendrions	we would belong
vous appartiendriez	you would belong
ils appartiendraient	they would belong
elles appartiendraient	they would belong

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'appartienne	(... that) I belong
(... que) tu appartiennes	(... that) you belong
(... que) il appartienne	(... that) he belongs
(... que) elle appartienne	(... that) she belongs
(... que) nous appartenions	(... that) we belong
(... que) vous apparteniez	(... that) you belong
(... que) ils appartiennent	(... that) they belong
(... que) elles appartiennent	(... that) they belong

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'appartinsse	(... that) I was belonging
(... que) tu appartinsses	(... that) you were belonging
(... que) il appartînt	(... that) he was belonging
(... que) elle appartînt	(... that) she was belonging
(... que) nous appartinssions	(... that) we were belonging
(... que) vous appartinssiez	(... that) you were belonging
(... que) ils appartinssent	(... that) they were belonging
(... que) elles appartinssent	(... that) they were belonging

Imperative		Scored
appartiens	Belong
appartenons	Let's belong
appartenez	Belong

Present Participle		Scored
appartenant	belonging

Past Participle		Scored
appartenu	belonged

Regular conjugation

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