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Conjugation of the French verb appeler

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

appeler is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
appeler	to call

Present		Scored
j'appelle	I call
tu appelles	you call
il appelle	he calls
elle appelle	she calls
nous appelons	we call
vous appelez	you call
ils appellent	they call
elles appellent	they call

Imperfect		Scored
j'appelais	I was calling
tu appelais	you were calling
il appelait	he was calling
elle appelait	she was calling
nous appelions	we were calling
vous appeliez	you were calling
ils appelaient	they were calling
elles appelaient	they were calling

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'appelai	I called
tu appelas	you called
il appela	he called
elle appela	she called
nous appelâmes	we called
vous appelâtes	you called
ils appelèrent	they called
elles appelèrent	they called

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

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

Future		Scored
j'appellerai	I will call
tu appelleras	you will call
il appellera	he will call
elle appellera	she will call
nous appellerons	we will call
vous appellerez	you will call
ils appelleront	they will call
elles appelleront	they will call

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

Conditional		Scored
j'appellerais	I would call
tu appellerais	you would call
il appellerait	he would call
elle appellerait	she would call
nous appellerions	we would call
vous appelleriez	you would call
ils appelleraient	they would call
elles appelleraient	they would call

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'appelle	(... that) I call
(... que) tu appelles	(... that) you call
(... que) il appelle	(... that) he calls
(... que) elle appelle	(... that) she calls
(... que) nous appelions	(... that) we call
(... que) vous appeliez	(... that) you call
(... que) ils appellent	(... that) they call
(... que) elles appellent	(... that) they call

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'appelasse	(... that) I was calling
(... que) tu appelasses	(... that) you were calling
(... que) il appelât	(... that) he was calling
(... que) elle appelât	(... that) she was calling
(... que) nous appelassions	(... that) we were calling
(... que) vous appelassiez	(... that) you were calling
(... que) ils appelassent	(... that) they were calling
(... que) elles appelassent	(... that) they were calling

Imperative		Scored
appelle	Call
appelons	Let's call
appelez	Call

Present Participle		Scored
appelant	calling

Past Participle		Scored
appelé	called

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