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Conjugation of the French verb aspirer

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

aspirer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
aspirer	to aspire

Present		Scored
j'aspire	I aspire
tu aspires	you aspire
il aspire	he aspires
elle aspire	she aspires
nous aspirons	we aspire
vous aspirez	you aspire
ils aspirent	they aspire
elles aspirent	they aspire

Imperfect		Scored
j'aspirais	I was aspiring
tu aspirais	you were aspiring
il aspirait	he was aspiring
elle aspirait	she was aspiring
nous aspirions	we were aspiring
vous aspiriez	you were aspiring
ils aspiraient	they were aspiring
elles aspiraient	they were aspiring

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'aspirai	I aspired
tu aspiras	you aspired
il aspira	he aspired
elle aspira	she aspired
nous aspirâmes	we aspired
vous aspirâtes	you aspired
ils aspirèrent	they aspired
elles aspirèrent	they aspired

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

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

Future		Scored
j'aspirerai	I will aspire
tu aspireras	you will aspire
il aspirera	he will aspire
elle aspirera	she will aspire
nous aspirerons	we will aspire
vous aspirerez	you will aspire
ils aspireront	they will aspire
elles aspireront	they will aspire

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

Conditional		Scored
j'aspirerais	I would aspire
tu aspirerais	you would aspire
il aspirerait	he would aspire
elle aspirerait	she would aspire
nous aspirerions	we would aspire
vous aspireriez	you would aspire
ils aspireraient	they would aspire
elles aspireraient	they would aspire

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aspire	(... that) I aspire
(... que) tu aspires	(... that) you aspire
(... que) il aspire	(... that) he aspires
(... que) elle aspire	(... that) she aspires
(... que) nous aspirions	(... that) we aspire
(... que) vous aspiriez	(... that) you aspire
(... que) ils aspirent	(... that) they aspire
(... que) elles aspirent	(... that) they aspire

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aspirasse	(... that) I was aspiring
(... que) tu aspirasses	(... that) you were aspiring
(... que) il aspirât	(... that) he was aspiring
(... que) elle aspirât	(... that) she was aspiring
(... que) nous aspirassions	(... that) we were aspiring
(... que) vous aspirassiez	(... that) you were aspiring
(... que) ils aspirassent	(... that) they were aspiring
(... que) elles aspirassent	(... that) they were aspiring

Imperative		Scored
aspire	Aspire
aspirons	Let's aspire
aspirez	Aspire

Present Participle		Scored
aspirant	aspiring

Past Participle		Scored
aspiré	aspired

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