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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.



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
espérerto hope

PresentScored
j'espèreI hope
tu espèresyou hope
il espèrehe hopes
elle espèreshe hopes
nous espéronswe hope
vous espérezyou hope
ils espèrentthey hope
elles espèrentthey hope

ImperfectScored
j'espéraisI was hoping
tu espéraisyou were hoping
il espéraithe was hoping
elle espéraitshe was hoping
nous espérionswe were hoping
vous espériezyou were hoping
ils espéraientthey were hoping
elles espéraientthey 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'espéraiI hoped
tu espérasyou hoped
il espérahe hoped
elle espérashe hoped
nous espérâmeswe hoped
vous espérâtesyou hoped
ils espérèrentthey hoped
elles espérèrentthey hoped

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai espéréI hoped
tu as espéréyou hoped
il a espéréhe hoped
elle a espéréshe hoped
nous avons espéréwe hoped
vous avez espéréyou hoped
ils ont espéréthey hoped
elles ont espéréthey hoped

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais espéréI had hoped
tu avais espéréyou had hoped
il avait espéréhe had hoped
elle avait espéréshe had hoped
nous avions espéréwe had hoped
vous aviez espéréyou had hoped
ils avaient espéréthey had hoped
elles avaient espéréthey had hoped

FutureScored
j'espèreraiI will hope
tu espèrerasyou will hope
il espèrerahe will hope
elle espèrerashe will hope
nous espèreronswe will hope
vous espèrerezyou will hope
ils espèrerontthey will hope
elles espèrerontthey 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 espéréI will have hoped
tu auras espéréyou will have hoped
il aura espéréhe will have hoped
elle aura espéréshe will have hoped
nous aurons espéréwe will have hoped
vous aurez espéréyou will have hoped
ils auront espéréthey will have hoped
elles auront espéréthey will have hoped

ConditionalScored
j'espèreraisI would hope
tu espèreraisyou would hope
il espèreraithe would hope
elle espèreraitshe would hope
nous espèrerionswe would hope
vous espèreriezyou would hope
ils espèreraientthey would hope
elles espèreraientthey 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 espéréI would have hoped
tu aurais espéréyou would have hoped
il aurait espéréhe would have hoped
elle aurait espéréshe would have hoped
nous aurions espéréwe would have hoped
vous auriez espéréyou would have hoped
ils auraient espéréthey would have hoped
elles auraient espéréthey would have hoped

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... 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 SubjunctiveScored
(... 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

ImperativeScored
espère Hope
espéronsLet's hope
espérez Hope

Present ParticipleScored
espérant hoping

Past ParticipleScored
espéré hoped

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