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Conjugation of the French verb feindre

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

feindre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
feindre	to pretend

Present		Scored
je feins	I pretend
tu feins	you pretend
il feint	he pretends
elle feint	she pretends
nous feignons	we pretend
vous feignez	you pretend
ils feignent	they pretend
elles feignent	they pretend

Imperfect		Scored
je feignais	I was pretending
tu feignais	you were pretending
il feignait	he was pretending
elle feignait	she was pretending
nous feignions	we were pretending
vous feigniez	you were pretending
ils feignaient	they were pretending
elles feignaient	they were pretending

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 feignis	I pretended
tu feignis	you pretended
il feignit	he pretended
elle feignit	she pretended
nous feignîmes	we pretended
vous feignîtes	you pretended
ils feignirent	they pretended
elles feignirent	they pretended

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

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

Future		Scored
je feindrai	I will pretend
tu feindras	you will pretend
il feindra	he will pretend
elle feindra	she will pretend
nous feindrons	we will pretend
vous feindrez	you will pretend
ils feindront	they will pretend
elles feindront	they will pretend

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

Conditional		Scored
je feindrais	I would pretend
tu feindrais	you would pretend
il feindrait	he would pretend
elle feindrait	she would pretend
nous feindrions	we would pretend
vous feindriez	you would pretend
ils feindraient	they would pretend
elles feindraient	they would pretend

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je feigne	(... that) I pretend
(... que) tu feignes	(... that) you pretend
(... que) il feigne	(... that) he pretends
(... que) elle feigne	(... that) she pretends
(... que) nous feignions	(... that) we pretend
(... que) vous feigniez	(... that) you pretend
(... que) ils feignent	(... that) they pretend
(... que) elles feignent	(... that) they pretend

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je feignisse	(... that) I was pretending
(... que) tu feignisses	(... that) you were pretending
(... que) il feignît	(... that) he was pretending
(... que) elle feignît	(... that) she was pretending
(... que) nous feignissions	(... that) we were pretending
(... que) vous feignissiez	(... that) you were pretending
(... que) ils feignissent	(... that) they were pretending
(... que) elles feignissent	(... that) they were pretending

Imperative		Scored
feins	Pretend
feignons	Let's pretend
feignez	Pretend

Present Participle		Scored
feignant	pretending

Past Participle		Scored
feint	pretended

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