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Conjugation of the French verb employer

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

employer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
employer	to employ

Present		Scored
nous employons	we employ
vous employez	you employ

Imperfect		Scored
j'employais	I was employing
tu employais	you were employing
il employait	he was employing
elle employait	she was employing
nous employions	we were employing
vous employiez	you were employing
ils employaient	they were employing
elles employaient	they were employing

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
j'employai	I employed
tu employas	you employed
il employa	he employed
elle employa	she employed
nous employâmes	we employed
vous employâtes	you employed
ils employèrent	they employed
elles employèrent	they employed

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

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

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

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) nous employions	(... that) we employ
(... que) vous employiez	(... that) you employ

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'employasse	(... that) I was employing
(... que) tu employasses	(... that) you were employing
(... que) il employât	(... that) he was employing
(... que) elle employât	(... that) she was employing
(... que) nous employassions	(... that) we were employing
(... que) vous employassiez	(... that) you were employing
(... que) ils employassent	(... that) they were employing
(... que) elles employassent	(... that) they were employing

Imperative		Scored
employons	Let's employ
employez	Employ

Present Participle		Scored
employant	employing

Past Participle		Scored
employé	employed

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