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Conjugation of the French verb cesser

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

cesser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
cesser	to stop

Present		Scored
je cesse	I stop
tu cesses	you stop
il cesse	he stops
elle cesse	she stops
nous cessons	we stop
vous cessez	you stop
ils cessent	they stop
elles cessent	they stop

Imperfect		Scored
je cessais	I was stopping
tu cessais	you were stopping
il cessait	he was stopping
elle cessait	she was stopping
nous cessions	we were stopping
vous cessiez	you were stopping
ils cessaient	they were stopping
elles cessaient	they were stopping

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 cessai	I stopped
tu cessas	you stopped
il cessa	he stopped
elle cessa	she stopped
nous cessâmes	we stopped
vous cessâtes	you stopped
ils cessèrent	they stopped
elles cessèrent	they stopped

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

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

Future		Scored
je cesserai	I will stop
tu cesseras	you will stop
il cessera	he will stop
elle cessera	she will stop
nous cesserons	we will stop
vous cesserez	you will stop
ils cesseront	they will stop
elles cesseront	they will stop

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

Conditional		Scored
je cesserais	I would stop
tu cesserais	you would stop
il cesserait	he would stop
elle cesserait	she would stop
nous cesserions	we would stop
vous cesseriez	you would stop
ils cesseraient	they would stop
elles cesseraient	they would stop

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cesse	(... that) I stop
(... que) tu cesses	(... that) you stop
(... que) il cesse	(... that) he stops
(... que) elle cesse	(... that) she stops
(... que) nous cessions	(... that) we stop
(... que) vous cessiez	(... that) you stop
(... que) ils cessent	(... that) they stop
(... que) elles cessent	(... that) they stop

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cessasse	(... that) I was stopping
(... que) tu cessasses	(... that) you were stopping
(... que) il cessât	(... that) he was stopping
(... que) elle cessât	(... that) she was stopping
(... que) nous cessassions	(... that) we were stopping
(... que) vous cessassiez	(... that) you were stopping
(... que) ils cessassent	(... that) they were stopping
(... que) elles cessassent	(... that) they were stopping

Imperative		Scored
cesse	Stop
cessons	Let's stop
cessez	Stop

Present Participle		Scored
cessant	stopping

Past Participle		Scored
cessé	stopped

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