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Conjugation of the French verb examiner

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

examiner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
examiner	to examine

Present		Scored
j'examine	I examine
tu examines	you examine
il examine	he examines
elle examine	she examines
nous examinons	we examine
vous examinez	you examine
ils examinent	they examine
elles examinent	they examine

Imperfect		Scored
j'examinais	I was examining
tu examinais	you were examining
il examinait	he was examining
elle examinait	she was examining
nous examinions	we were examining
vous examiniez	you were examining
ils examinaient	they were examining
elles examinaient	they were examining

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'examinai	I examined
tu examinas	you examined
il examina	he examined
elle examina	she examined
nous examinâmes	we examined
vous examinâtes	you examined
ils examinèrent	they examined
elles examinèrent	they examined

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

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

Future		Scored
j'examinerai	I will examine
tu examineras	you will examine
il examinera	he will examine
elle examinera	she will examine
nous examinerons	we will examine
vous examinerez	you will examine
ils examineront	they will examine
elles examineront	they will examine

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

Conditional		Scored
j'examinerais	I would examine
tu examinerais	you would examine
il examinerait	he would examine
elle examinerait	she would examine
nous examinerions	we would examine
vous examineriez	you would examine
ils examineraient	they would examine
elles examineraient	they would examine

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'examine	(... that) I examine
(... que) tu examines	(... that) you examine
(... que) il examine	(... that) he examines
(... que) elle examine	(... that) she examines
(... que) nous examinions	(... that) we examine
(... que) vous examiniez	(... that) you examine
(... que) ils examinent	(... that) they examine
(... que) elles examinent	(... that) they examine

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'examinasse	(... that) I was examining
(... que) tu examinasses	(... that) you were examining
(... que) il examinât	(... that) he was examining
(... que) elle examinât	(... that) she was examining
(... que) nous examinassions	(... that) we were examining
(... que) vous examinassiez	(... that) you were examining
(... que) ils examinassent	(... that) they were examining
(... que) elles examinassent	(... that) they were examining

Imperative		Scored
examine	Examine
examinons	Let's examine
examinez	Examine

Present Participle		Scored
examinant	examining

Past Participle		Scored
examiné	examined

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