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Conjugation of the French verb former

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

former is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
former	to train

Present		Scored
je forme	I train
tu formes	you train
il forme	he trains
elle forme	she trains
nous formons	we train
vous formez	you train
ils forment	they train
elles forment	they train

Imperfect		Scored
je formais	I was training
tu formais	you were training
il formait	he was training
elle formait	she was training
nous formions	we were training
vous formiez	you were training
ils formaient	they were training
elles formaient	they were training

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 formai	I trained
tu formas	you trained
il forma	he trained
elle forma	she trained
nous formâmes	we trained
vous formâtes	you trained
ils formèrent	they trained
elles formèrent	they trained

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

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

Future		Scored
je formerai	I will train
tu formeras	you will train
il formera	he will train
elle formera	she will train
nous formerons	we will train
vous formerez	you will train
ils formeront	they will train
elles formeront	they will train

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

Conditional		Scored
je formerais	I would train
tu formerais	you would train
il formerait	he would train
elle formerait	she would train
nous formerions	we would train
vous formeriez	you would train
ils formeraient	they would train
elles formeraient	they would train

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je forme	(... that) I train
(... que) tu formes	(... that) you train
(... que) il forme	(... that) he trains
(... que) elle forme	(... that) she trains
(... que) nous formions	(... that) we train
(... que) vous formiez	(... that) you train
(... que) ils forment	(... that) they train
(... que) elles forment	(... that) they train

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je formasse	(... that) I was training
(... que) tu formasses	(... that) you were training
(... que) il formât	(... that) he was training
(... que) elle formât	(... that) she was training
(... que) nous formassions	(... that) we were training
(... que) vous formassiez	(... that) you were training
(... que) ils formassent	(... that) they were training
(... que) elles formassent	(... that) they were training

Imperative		Scored
forme	Train
formons	Let's train
formez	Train

Present Participle		Scored
formant	training

Past Participle		Scored
formé	trained

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