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Conjugation of the French verb fermer

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

fermer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
fermer	to close

Present		Scored
je ferme	I close
tu fermes	you close
il ferme	he closes
elle ferme	she closes
nous fermons	we close
vous fermez	you close
ils ferment	they close
elles ferment	they close

Imperfect		Scored
je fermais	I was closing
tu fermais	you were closing
il fermait	he was closing
elle fermait	she was closing
nous fermions	we were closing
vous fermiez	you were closing
ils fermaient	they were closing
elles fermaient	they were closing

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 fermai	I closed
tu fermas	you closed
il ferma	he closed
elle ferma	she closed
nous fermâmes	we closed
vous fermâtes	you closed
ils fermèrent	they closed
elles fermèrent	they closed

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

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

Future		Scored
je fermerai	I will close
tu fermeras	you will close
il fermera	he will close
elle fermera	she will close
nous fermerons	we will close
vous fermerez	you will close
ils fermeront	they will close
elles fermeront	they will close

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

Conditional		Scored
je fermerais	I would close
tu fermerais	you would close
il fermerait	he would close
elle fermerait	she would close
nous fermerions	we would close
vous fermeriez	you would close
ils fermeraient	they would close
elles fermeraient	they would close

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je ferme	(... that) I close
(... que) tu fermes	(... that) you close
(... que) il ferme	(... that) he closes
(... que) elle ferme	(... that) she closes
(... que) nous fermions	(... that) we close
(... que) vous fermiez	(... that) you close
(... que) ils ferment	(... that) they close
(... que) elles ferment	(... that) they close

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fermasse	(... that) I was closing
(... que) tu fermasses	(... that) you were closing
(... que) il fermât	(... that) he was closing
(... que) elle fermât	(... that) she was closing
(... que) nous fermassions	(... that) we were closing
(... que) vous fermassiez	(... that) you were closing
(... que) ils fermassent	(... that) they were closing
(... que) elles fermassent	(... that) they were closing

Imperative		Scored
ferme	Close
fermons	Let's close
fermez	Close

Present Participle		Scored
fermant	closing

Past Participle		Scored
fermé	closed

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