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Conjugation of the French verb cultiver

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

cultiver is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
cultiver	to foster

Present		Scored
je cultive	I foster
tu cultives	you foster
il cultive	he fosters
elle cultive	she fosters
nous cultivons	we foster
vous cultivez	you foster
ils cultivent	they foster
elles cultivent	they foster

Imperfect		Scored
je cultivais	I was fostering
tu cultivais	you were fostering
il cultivait	he was fostering
elle cultivait	she was fostering
nous cultivions	we were fostering
vous cultiviez	you were fostering
ils cultivaient	they were fostering
elles cultivaient	they were fostering

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 cultivai	I fostered
tu cultivas	you fostered
il cultiva	he fostered
elle cultiva	she fostered
nous cultivâmes	we fostered
vous cultivâtes	you fostered
ils cultivèrent	they fostered
elles cultivèrent	they fostered

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

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

Future		Scored
je cultiverai	I will foster
tu cultiveras	you will foster
il cultivera	he will foster
elle cultivera	she will foster
nous cultiverons	we will foster
vous cultiverez	you will foster
ils cultiveront	they will foster
elles cultiveront	they will foster

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

Conditional		Scored
je cultiverais	I would foster
tu cultiverais	you would foster
il cultiverait	he would foster
elle cultiverait	she would foster
nous cultiverions	we would foster
vous cultiveriez	you would foster
ils cultiveraient	they would foster
elles cultiveraient	they would foster

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cultive	(... that) I foster
(... que) tu cultives	(... that) you foster
(... que) il cultive	(... that) he fosters
(... que) elle cultive	(... that) she fosters
(... que) nous cultivions	(... that) we foster
(... que) vous cultiviez	(... that) you foster
(... que) ils cultivent	(... that) they foster
(... que) elles cultivent	(... that) they foster

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cultivasse	(... that) I was fostering
(... que) tu cultivasses	(... that) you were fostering
(... que) il cultivât	(... that) he was fostering
(... que) elle cultivât	(... that) she was fostering
(... que) nous cultivassions	(... that) we were fostering
(... que) vous cultivassiez	(... that) you were fostering
(... que) ils cultivassent	(... that) they were fostering
(... que) elles cultivassent	(... that) they were fostering

Imperative		Scored
cultive	Foster
cultivons	Let's foster
cultivez	Foster

Present Participle		Scored
cultivant	fostering

Past Participle		Scored
cultivé	fostered

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