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Conjugation of the French verb fondre

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

fondre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
fondre	to melt

Present		Scored
je fonds	I melt
tu fonds	you melt
il fond	he melts
elle fond	she melts
nous fondons	we melt
vous fondez	you melt
ils fondent	they melt
elles fondent	they melt

Imperfect		Scored
je fondais	I was melting
tu fondais	you were melting
il fondait	he was melting
elle fondait	she was melting
nous fondions	we were melting
vous fondiez	you were melting
ils fondaient	they were melting
elles fondaient	they were melting

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 fondis	I melted
tu fondis	you melted
il fondit	he melted
elle fondit	she melted
nous fondîmes	we melted
vous fondîtes	you melted
ils fondirent	they melted
elles fondirent	they melted

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

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

Future		Scored
je fondrai	I will melt
tu fondras	you will melt
il fondra	he will melt
elle fondra	she will melt
nous fondrons	we will melt
vous fondrez	you will melt
ils fondront	they will melt
elles fondront	they will melt

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

Conditional		Scored
je fondrais	I would melt
tu fondrais	you would melt
il fondrait	he would melt
elle fondrait	she would melt
nous fondrions	we would melt
vous fondriez	you would melt
ils fondraient	they would melt
elles fondraient	they would melt

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fonde	(... that) I melt
(... que) tu fondes	(... that) you melt
(... que) il fonde	(... that) he melts
(... que) elle fonde	(... that) she melts
(... que) nous fondions	(... that) we melt
(... que) vous fondiez	(... that) you melt
(... que) ils fondent	(... that) they melt
(... que) elles fondent	(... that) they melt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fondisse	(... that) I was melting
(... que) tu fondisses	(... that) you were melting
(... que) il fondît	(... that) he was melting
(... que) elle fondît	(... that) she was melting
(... que) nous fondissions	(... that) we were melting
(... que) vous fondissiez	(... that) you were melting
(... que) ils fondissent	(... that) they were melting
(... que) elles fondissent	(... that) they were melting

Imperative		Scored
fonds	Melt
fondons	Let's melt
fondez	Melt

Present Participle		Scored
fondant	melting

Past Participle		Scored
fondu	melted

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