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Conjugation of the French verb céder

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

céder is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
céder	to yield

Present		Scored
je cède	I yield
tu cèdes	you yield
il cède	he yields
elle cède	she yields
nous cédons	we yield
vous cédez	you yield
ils cèdent	they yield
elles cèdent	they yield

Imperfect		Scored
je cédais	I was yielding
tu cédais	you were yielding
il cédait	he was yielding
elle cédait	she was yielding
nous cédions	we were yielding
vous cédiez	you were yielding
ils cédaient	they were yielding
elles cédaient	they were yielding

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
je cédai	I yielded
tu cédas	you yielded
il céda	he yielded
elle céda	she yielded
nous cédâmes	we yielded
vous cédâtes	you yielded
ils cédèrent	they yielded
elles cédèrent	they yielded

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

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

Future		Scored
je céderai	I will yield
tu céderas	you will yield
il cédera	he will yield
elle cédera	she will yield
nous céderons	we will yield
vous céderez	you will yield
ils céderont	they will yield
elles céderont	they will yield

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

Conditional		Scored
je céderais	I would yield
tu céderais	you would yield
il céderait	he would yield
elle céderait	she would yield
nous céderions	we would yield
vous céderiez	you would yield
ils céderaient	they would yield
elles céderaient	they would yield

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cède	(... that) I yield
(... que) tu cèdes	(... that) you yield
(... que) il cède	(... that) he yields
(... que) elle cède	(... that) she yields
(... que) nous cédions	(... that) we yield
(... que) vous cédiez	(... that) you yield
(... que) ils cèdent	(... that) they yield
(... que) elles cèdent	(... that) they yield

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cédasse	(... that) I was yielding
(... que) tu cédasses	(... that) you were yielding
(... que) il cédât	(... that) he was yielding
(... que) elle cédât	(... that) she was yielding
(... que) nous cédassions	(... that) we were yielding
(... que) vous cédassiez	(... that) you were yielding
(... que) ils cédassent	(... that) they were yielding
(... que) elles cédassent	(... that) they were yielding

Imperative		Scored
cède	Yield
cédons	Let's yield
cédez	Yield

Present Participle		Scored
cédant	yielding

Past Participle		Scored
cédé	yielded

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