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Conjugation of the French verb concevoir

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

concevoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
concevoir	to devise

Present		Scored
je conçois	I devise
tu conçois	you devise
il conçoit	he devises
elle conçoit	she devises
nous concevons	we devise
vous concevez	you devise
ils conçoivent	they devise
elles conçoivent	they devise

Imperfect		Scored
je concevais	I was devising
tu concevais	you were devising
il concevait	he was devising
elle concevait	she was devising
nous concevions	we were devising
vous conceviez	you were devising
ils concevaient	they were devising
elles concevaient	they were devising

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 conçus	I devised
tu conçus	you devised
il conçut	he devised
elle conçut	she devised
nous conçûmes	we devised
vous conçûtes	you devised
ils conçurent	they devised
elles conçurent	they devised

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

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

Future		Scored
je concevrai	I will devise
tu concevras	you will devise
il concevra	he will devise
elle concevra	she will devise
nous concevrons	we will devise
vous concevrez	you will devise
ils concevront	they will devise
elles concevront	they will devise

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

Conditional		Scored
je concevrais	I would devise
tu concevrais	you would devise
il concevrait	he would devise
elle concevrait	she would devise
nous concevrions	we would devise
vous concevriez	you would devise
ils concevraient	they would devise
elles concevraient	they would devise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je conçoive	(... that) I devise
(... que) tu conçoives	(... that) you devise
(... que) il conçoive	(... that) he devises
(... que) elle conçoive	(... that) she devises
(... que) nous concevions	(... that) we devise
(... que) vous conceviez	(... that) you devise
(... que) ils conçoivent	(... that) they devise
(... que) elles conçoivent	(... that) they devise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je conçusse	(... that) I was devising
(... que) tu conçusses	(... that) you were devising
(... que) il conçût	(... that) he was devising
(... que) elle conçût	(... that) she was devising
(... que) nous conçussions	(... that) we were devising
(... que) vous conçussiez	(... that) you were devising
(... que) ils conçussent	(... that) they were devising
(... que) elles conçussent	(... that) they were devising

Imperative		Scored
conçois	Devise
concevons	Let's devise
concevez	Devise

Present Participle		Scored
concevant	devising

Past Participle		Scored
conçu	devised

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