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Conjugation of the French verb compter

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

compter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
compter	to count

Present		Scored
je compte	I count
tu comptes	you count
il compte	he counts
elle compte	she counts
nous comptons	we count
vous comptez	you count
ils comptent	they count
elles comptent	they count

Imperfect		Scored
je comptais	I was counting
tu comptais	you were counting
il comptait	he was counting
elle comptait	she was counting
nous comptions	we were counting
vous comptiez	you were counting
ils comptaient	they were counting
elles comptaient	they were counting

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 comptai	I counted
tu comptas	you counted
il compta	he counted
elle compta	she counted
nous comptâmes	we counted
vous comptâtes	you counted
ils comptèrent	they counted
elles comptèrent	they counted

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

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

Future		Scored
je compterai	I will count
tu compteras	you will count
il comptera	he will count
elle comptera	she will count
nous compterons	we will count
vous compterez	you will count
ils compteront	they will count
elles compteront	they will count

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

Conditional		Scored
je compterais	I would count
tu compterais	you would count
il compterait	he would count
elle compterait	she would count
nous compterions	we would count
vous compteriez	you would count
ils compteraient	they would count
elles compteraient	they would count

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je compte	(... that) I count
(... que) tu comptes	(... that) you count
(... que) il compte	(... that) he counts
(... que) elle compte	(... that) she counts
(... que) nous comptions	(... that) we count
(... que) vous comptiez	(... that) you count
(... que) ils comptent	(... that) they count
(... que) elles comptent	(... that) they count

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je comptasse	(... that) I was counting
(... que) tu comptasses	(... that) you were counting
(... que) il comptât	(... that) he was counting
(... que) elle comptât	(... that) she was counting
(... que) nous comptassions	(... that) we were counting
(... que) vous comptassiez	(... that) you were counting
(... que) ils comptassent	(... that) they were counting
(... que) elles comptassent	(... that) they were counting

Imperative		Scored
compte	Count
comptons	Let's count
comptez	Count

Present Participle		Scored
comptant	counting

Past Participle		Scored
compté	counted

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