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Conjugation of the French verb captiver

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

captiver is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
captiver	to captivate

Present		Scored
je captive	I captivate
tu captives	you captivate
il captive	he captivates
elle captive	she captivates
nous captivons	we captivate
vous captivez	you captivate
ils captivent	they captivate
elles captivent	they captivate

Imperfect		Scored
je captivais	I was captivating
tu captivais	you were captivating
il captivait	he was captivating
elle captivait	she was captivating
nous captivions	we were captivating
vous captiviez	you were captivating
ils captivaient	they were captivating
elles captivaient	they were captivating

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 captivai	I captivated
tu captivas	you captivated
il captiva	he captivated
elle captiva	she captivated
nous captivâmes	we captivated
vous captivâtes	you captivated
ils captivèrent	they captivated
elles captivèrent	they captivated

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

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

Future		Scored
je captiverai	I will captivate
tu captiveras	you will captivate
il captivera	he will captivate
elle captivera	she will captivate
nous captiverons	we will captivate
vous captiverez	you will captivate
ils captiveront	they will captivate
elles captiveront	they will captivate

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

Conditional		Scored
je captiverais	I would captivate
tu captiverais	you would captivate
il captiverait	he would captivate
elle captiverait	she would captivate
nous captiverions	we would captivate
vous captiveriez	you would captivate
ils captiveraient	they would captivate
elles captiveraient	they would captivate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je captive	(... that) I captivate
(... que) tu captives	(... that) you captivate
(... que) il captive	(... that) he captivates
(... que) elle captive	(... that) she captivates
(... que) nous captivions	(... that) we captivate
(... que) vous captiviez	(... that) you captivate
(... que) ils captivent	(... that) they captivate
(... que) elles captivent	(... that) they captivate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je captivasse	(... that) I was captivating
(... que) tu captivasses	(... that) you were captivating
(... que) il captivât	(... that) he was captivating
(... que) elle captivât	(... that) she was captivating
(... que) nous captivassions	(... that) we were captivating
(... que) vous captivassiez	(... that) you were captivating
(... que) ils captivassent	(... that) they were captivating
(... que) elles captivassent	(... that) they were captivating

Imperative		Scored
captive	Captivate
captivons	Let's captivate
captivez	Captivate

Present Participle		Scored
captivant	captivating

Past Participle		Scored
captivé	captivated

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