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Conjugation of the French verb empêcher

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

empêcher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
empêcher	to prevent

Present		Scored
j'empêche	I prevent
tu empêches	you prevent
il empêche	he prevents
elle empêche	she prevents
nous empêchons	we prevent
vous empêchez	you prevent
ils empêchent	they prevent
elles empêchent	they prevent

Imperfect		Scored
j'empêchais	I was preventing
tu empêchais	you were preventing
il empêchait	he was preventing
elle empêchait	she was preventing
nous empêchions	we were preventing
vous empêchiez	you were preventing
ils empêchaient	they were preventing
elles empêchaient	they were preventing

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'empêchai	I prevented
tu empêchas	you prevented
il empêcha	he prevented
elle empêcha	she prevented
nous empêchâmes	we prevented
vous empêchâtes	you prevented
ils empêchèrent	they prevented
elles empêchèrent	they prevented

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

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

Future		Scored
j'empêcherai	I will prevent
tu empêcheras	you will prevent
il empêchera	he will prevent
elle empêchera	she will prevent
nous empêcherons	we will prevent
vous empêcherez	you will prevent
ils empêcheront	they will prevent
elles empêcheront	they will prevent

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

Conditional		Scored
j'empêcherais	I would prevent
tu empêcherais	you would prevent
il empêcherait	he would prevent
elle empêcherait	she would prevent
nous empêcherions	we would prevent
vous empêcheriez	you would prevent
ils empêcheraient	they would prevent
elles empêcheraient	they would prevent

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'empêche	(... that) I prevent
(... que) tu empêches	(... that) you prevent
(... que) il empêche	(... that) he prevents
(... que) elle empêche	(... that) she prevents
(... que) nous empêchions	(... that) we prevent
(... que) vous empêchiez	(... that) you prevent
(... que) ils empêchent	(... that) they prevent
(... que) elles empêchent	(... that) they prevent

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'empêchasse	(... that) I was preventing
(... que) tu empêchasses	(... that) you were preventing
(... que) il empêchât	(... that) he was preventing
(... que) elle empêchât	(... that) she was preventing
(... que) nous empêchassions	(... that) we were preventing
(... que) vous empêchassiez	(... that) you were preventing
(... que) ils empêchassent	(... that) they were preventing
(... que) elles empêchassent	(... that) they were preventing

Imperative		Scored
empêche	Prevent
empêchons	Let's prevent
empêchez	Prevent

Present Participle		Scored
empêchant	preventing

Past Participle		Scored
empêché	prevented

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