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Conjugation of the French verb compenser

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

compenser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
compenser	to compensate

Present		Scored
je compense	I compensate
tu compenses	you compensate
il compense	he compensates
elle compense	she compensates
nous compensons	we compensate
vous compensez	you compensate
ils compensent	they compensate
elles compensent	they compensate

Imperfect		Scored
je compensais	I was compensating
tu compensais	you were compensating
il compensait	he was compensating
elle compensait	she was compensating
nous compensions	we were compensating
vous compensiez	you were compensating
ils compensaient	they were compensating
elles compensaient	they were compensating

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 compensai	I compensated
tu compensas	you compensated
il compensa	he compensated
elle compensa	she compensated
nous compensâmes	we compensated
vous compensâtes	you compensated
ils compensèrent	they compensated
elles compensèrent	they compensated

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

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

Future		Scored
je compenserai	I will compensate
tu compenseras	you will compensate
il compensera	he will compensate
elle compensera	she will compensate
nous compenserons	we will compensate
vous compenserez	you will compensate
ils compenseront	they will compensate
elles compenseront	they will compensate

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

Conditional		Scored
je compenserais	I would compensate
tu compenserais	you would compensate
il compenserait	he would compensate
elle compenserait	she would compensate
nous compenserions	we would compensate
vous compenseriez	you would compensate
ils compenseraient	they would compensate
elles compenseraient	they would compensate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je compense	(... that) I compensate
(... que) tu compenses	(... that) you compensate
(... que) il compense	(... that) he compensates
(... que) elle compense	(... that) she compensates
(... que) nous compensions	(... that) we compensate
(... que) vous compensiez	(... that) you compensate
(... que) ils compensent	(... that) they compensate
(... que) elles compensent	(... that) they compensate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je compensasse	(... that) I was compensating
(... que) tu compensasses	(... that) you were compensating
(... que) il compensât	(... that) he was compensating
(... que) elle compensât	(... that) she was compensating
(... que) nous compensassions	(... that) we were compensating
(... que) vous compensassiez	(... that) you were compensating
(... que) ils compensassent	(... that) they were compensating
(... que) elles compensassent	(... that) they were compensating

Imperative		Scored
compense	Compensate
compensons	Let's compensate
compensez	Compensate

Present Participle		Scored
compensant	compensating

Past Participle		Scored
compensé	compensated

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