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Conjugation of the French verb fêter

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

fêter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
fêter	to celebrate

Present		Scored
je fête	I celebrate
tu fêtes	you celebrate
il fête	he celebrates
elle fête	she celebrates
nous fêtons	we celebrate
vous fêtez	you celebrate
ils fêtent	they celebrate
elles fêtent	they celebrate

Imperfect		Scored
je fêtais	I was celebrating
tu fêtais	you were celebrating
il fêtait	he was celebrating
elle fêtait	she was celebrating
nous fêtions	we were celebrating
vous fêtiez	you were celebrating
ils fêtaient	they were celebrating
elles fêtaient	they were celebrating

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
je fêtai	I celebrated
tu fêtas	you celebrated
il fêta	he celebrated
elle fêta	she celebrated
nous fêtâmes	we celebrated
vous fêtâtes	you celebrated
ils fêtèrent	they celebrated
elles fêtèrent	they celebrated

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

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

Future		Scored
je fêterai	I will celebrate
tu fêteras	you will celebrate
il fêtera	he will celebrate
elle fêtera	she will celebrate
nous fêterons	we will celebrate
vous fêterez	you will celebrate
ils fêteront	they will celebrate
elles fêteront	they will celebrate

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

Conditional		Scored
je fêterais	I would celebrate
tu fêterais	you would celebrate
il fêterait	he would celebrate
elle fêterait	she would celebrate
nous fêterions	we would celebrate
vous fêteriez	you would celebrate
ils fêteraient	they would celebrate
elles fêteraient	they would celebrate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fête	(... that) I celebrate
(... que) tu fêtes	(... that) you celebrate
(... que) il fête	(... that) he celebrates
(... que) elle fête	(... that) she celebrates
(... que) nous fêtions	(... that) we celebrate
(... que) vous fêtiez	(... that) you celebrate
(... que) ils fêtent	(... that) they celebrate
(... que) elles fêtent	(... that) they celebrate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fêtasse	(... that) I was celebrating
(... que) tu fêtasses	(... that) you were celebrating
(... que) il fêtât	(... that) he was celebrating
(... que) elle fêtât	(... that) she was celebrating
(... que) nous fêtassions	(... that) we were celebrating
(... que) vous fêtassiez	(... that) you were celebrating
(... que) ils fêtassent	(... that) they were celebrating
(... que) elles fêtassent	(... that) they were celebrating

Imperative		Scored
fête	Celebrate
fêtons	Let's celebrate
fêtez	Celebrate

Present Participle		Scored
fêtant	celebrating

Past Participle		Scored
fêté	celebrated

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