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Conjugation of the French verb arpenter

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

arpenter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
arpenter	to pace

Present		Scored
j'arpente	I pace
tu arpentes	you pace
il arpente	he paces
elle arpente	she paces
nous arpentons	we pace
vous arpentez	you pace
ils arpentent	they pace
elles arpentent	they pace

Imperfect		Scored
j'arpentais	I was pacing
tu arpentais	you were pacing
il arpentait	he was pacing
elle arpentait	she was pacing
nous arpentions	we were pacing
vous arpentiez	you were pacing
ils arpentaient	they were pacing
elles arpentaient	they were pacing

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'arpentai	I paced
tu arpentas	you paced
il arpenta	he paced
elle arpenta	she paced
nous arpentâmes	we paced
vous arpentâtes	you paced
ils arpentèrent	they paced
elles arpentèrent	they paced

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

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

Future		Scored
j'arpenterai	I will pace
tu arpenteras	you will pace
il arpentera	he will pace
elle arpentera	she will pace
nous arpenterons	we will pace
vous arpenterez	you will pace
ils arpenteront	they will pace
elles arpenteront	they will pace

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

Conditional		Scored
j'arpenterais	I would pace
tu arpenterais	you would pace
il arpenterait	he would pace
elle arpenterait	she would pace
nous arpenterions	we would pace
vous arpenteriez	you would pace
ils arpenteraient	they would pace
elles arpenteraient	they would pace

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'arpente	(... that) I pace
(... que) tu arpentes	(... that) you pace
(... que) il arpente	(... that) he paces
(... que) elle arpente	(... that) she paces
(... que) nous arpentions	(... that) we pace
(... que) vous arpentiez	(... that) you pace
(... que) ils arpentent	(... that) they pace
(... que) elles arpentent	(... that) they pace

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'arpentasse	(... that) I was pacing
(... que) tu arpentasses	(... that) you were pacing
(... que) il arpentât	(... that) he was pacing
(... que) elle arpentât	(... that) she was pacing
(... que) nous arpentassions	(... that) we were pacing
(... que) vous arpentassiez	(... that) you were pacing
(... que) ils arpentassent	(... that) they were pacing
(... que) elles arpentassent	(... that) they were pacing

Imperative		Scored
arpente	Pace
arpentons	Let's pace
arpentez	Pace

Present Participle		Scored
arpentant	pacing

Past Participle		Scored
arpenté	paced

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