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Conjugation of the French verb espérer

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

espérer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
espérer	to hope

Present		Scored
j'espère	I hope
tu espères	you hope
il espère	he hopes
elle espère	she hopes
nous espérons	we hope
vous espérez	you hope
ils espèrent	they hope
elles espèrent	they hope

Imperfect		Scored
j'espérais	I was hoping
tu espérais	you were hoping
il espérait	he was hoping
elle espérait	she was hoping
nous espérions	we were hoping
vous espériez	you were hoping
ils espéraient	they were hoping
elles espéraient	they were hoping

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'espérai	I hoped
tu espéras	you hoped
il espéra	he hoped
elle espéra	she hoped
nous espérâmes	we hoped
vous espérâtes	you hoped
ils espérèrent	they hoped
elles espérèrent	they hoped

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

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

Future		Scored
j'espèrerai	I will hope
tu espèreras	you will hope
il espèrera	he will hope
elle espèrera	she will hope
nous espèrerons	we will hope
vous espèrerez	you will hope
ils espèreront	they will hope
elles espèreront	they will hope

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

Conditional		Scored
j'espèrerais	I would hope
tu espèrerais	you would hope
il espèrerait	he would hope
elle espèrerait	she would hope
nous espèrerions	we would hope
vous espèreriez	you would hope
ils espèreraient	they would hope
elles espèreraient	they would hope

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'espère	(... that) I hope
(... que) tu espères	(... that) you hope
(... que) il espère	(... that) he hopes
(... que) elle espère	(... that) she hopes
(... que) nous espérions	(... that) we hope
(... que) vous espériez	(... that) you hope
(... que) ils espèrent	(... that) they hope
(... que) elles espèrent	(... that) they hope

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'espérasse	(... that) I was hoping
(... que) tu espérasses	(... that) you were hoping
(... que) il espérât	(... that) he was hoping
(... que) elle espérât	(... that) she was hoping
(... que) nous espérassions	(... that) we were hoping
(... que) vous espérassiez	(... that) you were hoping
(... que) ils espérassent	(... that) they were hoping
(... que) elles espérassent	(... that) they were hoping

Imperative		Scored
espère	Hope
espérons	Let's hope
espérez	Hope

Present Participle		Scored
espérant	hoping

Past Participle		Scored
espéré	hoped

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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