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Conjugation of the French verb citer

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

citer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
citer	to quote

Present		Scored
je cite	I quote
tu cites	you quote
il cite	he quotes
elle cite	she quotes
nous citons	we quote
vous citez	you quote
ils citent	they quote
elles citent	they quote

Imperfect		Scored
je citais	I was quoting
tu citais	you were quoting
il citait	he was quoting
elle citait	she was quoting
nous citions	we were quoting
vous citiez	you were quoting
ils citaient	they were quoting
elles citaient	they were quoting

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 citai	I quoted
tu citas	you quoted
il cita	he quoted
elle cita	she quoted
nous citâmes	we quoted
vous citâtes	you quoted
ils citèrent	they quoted
elles citèrent	they quoted

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

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

Future		Scored
je citerai	I will quote
tu citeras	you will quote
il citera	he will quote
elle citera	she will quote
nous citerons	we will quote
vous citerez	you will quote
ils citeront	they will quote
elles citeront	they will quote

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

Conditional		Scored
je citerais	I would quote
tu citerais	you would quote
il citerait	he would quote
elle citerait	she would quote
nous citerions	we would quote
vous citeriez	you would quote
ils citeraient	they would quote
elles citeraient	they would quote

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cite	(... that) I quote
(... que) tu cites	(... that) you quote
(... que) il cite	(... that) he quotes
(... que) elle cite	(... that) she quotes
(... que) nous citions	(... that) we quote
(... que) vous citiez	(... that) you quote
(... que) ils citent	(... that) they quote
(... que) elles citent	(... that) they quote

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je citasse	(... that) I was quoting
(... que) tu citasses	(... that) you were quoting
(... que) il citât	(... that) he was quoting
(... que) elle citât	(... that) she was quoting
(... que) nous citassions	(... that) we were quoting
(... que) vous citassiez	(... that) you were quoting
(... que) ils citassent	(... that) they were quoting
(... que) elles citassent	(... that) they were quoting

Imperative		Scored
cite	Quote
citons	Let's quote
citez	Quote

Present Participle		Scored
citant	quoting

Past Participle		Scored
cité	quoted

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