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Conjugation of the French verb contredire

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

contredire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
contredire	to contradict

Present		Scored
je contredis	I contradict
tu contredis	you contradict
il contredit	he contradicts
elle contredit	she contradicts
nous contredisons	we contradict
vous contredisez	you contradict
ils contredisent	they contradict
elles contredisent	they contradict

Imperfect		Scored
je contredisais	I was contradicting
tu contredisais	you were contradicting
il contredisait	he was contradicting
elle contredisait	she was contradicting
nous contredisions	we were contradicting
vous contredisiez	you were contradicting
ils contredisaient	they were contradicting
elles contredisaient	they were contradicting

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 contredis	I contradicted
tu contredis	you contradicted
il contredit	he contradicted
elle contredit	she contradicted
nous contredîmes	we contradicted
vous contredîtes	you contradicted
ils contredirent	they contradicted
elles contredirent	they contradicted

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

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

Future		Scored
je contredirai	I will contradict
tu contrediras	you will contradict
il contredira	he will contradict
elle contredira	she will contradict
nous contredirons	we will contradict
vous contredirez	you will contradict
ils contrediront	they will contradict
elles contrediront	they will contradict

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

Conditional		Scored
je contredirais	I would contradict
tu contredirais	you would contradict
il contredirait	he would contradict
elle contredirait	she would contradict
nous contredirions	we would contradict
vous contrediriez	you would contradict
ils contrediraient	they would contradict
elles contrediraient	they would contradict

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je contredise	(... that) I contradict
(... que) tu contredises	(... that) you contradict
(... que) il contredise	(... that) he contradicts
(... que) elle contredise	(... that) she contradicts
(... que) nous contredisions	(... that) we contradict
(... que) vous contredisiez	(... that) you contradict
(... que) ils contredisent	(... that) they contradict
(... que) elles contredisent	(... that) they contradict

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je contredisse	(... that) I was contradicting
(... que) tu contredisses	(... that) you were contradicting
(... que) il contredît	(... that) he was contradicting
(... que) elle contredît	(... that) she was contradicting
(... que) nous contredissions	(... that) we were contradicting
(... que) vous contredissiez	(... that) you were contradicting
(... que) ils contredissent	(... that) they were contradicting
(... que) elles contredissent	(... that) they were contradicting

Imperative		Scored
contredis	Contradict
contredisons	Let's contradict
contredisez	Contradict

Present Participle		Scored
contredisant	contradicting

Past Participle		Scored
contredit	contradicted

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