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Conjugation of the French verb encourager

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

encourager is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
encourager	to encourage

Present		Scored
j'encourage	I encourage
tu encourages	you encourage
il encourage	he encourages
elle encourage	she encourages
nous encourageons	we encourage
vous encouragez	you encourage
ils encouragent	they encourage
elles encouragent	they encourage

Imperfect		Scored
j'encourageais	I was encouraging
tu encourageais	you were encouraging
il encourageait	he was encouraging
elle encourageait	she was encouraging
nous encouragions	we were encouraging
vous encouragiez	you were encouraging
ils encourageaient	they were encouraging
elles encourageaient	they were encouraging

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'encourageai	I encouraged
tu encourageas	you encouraged
il encouragea	he encouraged
elle encouragea	she encouraged
nous encourageâmes	we encouraged
vous encourageâtes	you encouraged
ils encouragèrent	they encouraged
elles encouragèrent	they encouraged

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

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

Future		Scored
j'encouragerai	I will encourage
tu encourageras	you will encourage
il encouragera	he will encourage
elle encouragera	she will encourage
nous encouragerons	we will encourage
vous encouragerez	you will encourage
ils encourageront	they will encourage
elles encourageront	they will encourage

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

Conditional		Scored
j'encouragerais	I would encourage
tu encouragerais	you would encourage
il encouragerait	he would encourage
elle encouragerait	she would encourage
nous encouragerions	we would encourage
vous encourageriez	you would encourage
ils encourageraient	they would encourage
elles encourageraient	they would encourage

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'encourage	(... that) I encourage
(... que) tu encourages	(... that) you encourage
(... que) il encourage	(... that) he encourages
(... que) elle encourage	(... that) she encourages
(... que) nous encouragions	(... that) we encourage
(... que) vous encouragiez	(... that) you encourage
(... que) ils encouragent	(... that) they encourage
(... que) elles encouragent	(... that) they encourage

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'encourageasse	(... that) I was encouraging
(... que) tu encourageasses	(... that) you were encouraging
(... que) il encourageât	(... that) he was encouraging
(... que) elle encourageât	(... that) she was encouraging
(... que) nous encourageassions	(... that) we were encouraging
(... que) vous encourageassiez	(... that) you were encouraging
(... que) ils encourageassent	(... that) they were encouraging
(... que) elles encourageassent	(... that) they were encouraging

Imperative		Scored
encourage	Encourage
encourageons	Let's encourage
encouragez	Encourage

Present Participle		Scored
encourageant	encouraging

Past Participle		Scored
encouragé	encouraged

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