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Conjugation of the French verb frapper

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

frapper is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
frapper	to hit

Present		Scored
je frappe	I hit
tu frappes	you hit
il frappe	he hits
elle frappe	she hits
nous frappons	we hit
vous frappez	you hit
ils frappent	they hit
elles frappent	they hit

Imperfect		Scored
je frappais	I was hitting
tu frappais	you were hitting
il frappait	he was hitting
elle frappait	she was hitting
nous frappions	we were hitting
vous frappiez	you were hitting
ils frappaient	they were hitting
elles frappaient	they were hitting

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 frappai	I hit
tu frappas	you hit
il frappa	he hit
elle frappa	she hit
nous frappâmes	we hit
vous frappâtes	you hit
ils frappèrent	they hit
elles frappèrent	they hit

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

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

Future		Scored
je frapperai	I will hit
tu frapperas	you will hit
il frappera	he will hit
elle frappera	she will hit
nous frapperons	we will hit
vous frapperez	you will hit
ils frapperont	they will hit
elles frapperont	they will hit

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

Conditional		Scored
je frapperais	I would hit
tu frapperais	you would hit
il frapperait	he would hit
elle frapperait	she would hit
nous frapperions	we would hit
vous frapperiez	you would hit
ils frapperaient	they would hit
elles frapperaient	they would hit

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je frappe	(... that) I hit
(... que) tu frappes	(... that) you hit
(... que) il frappe	(... that) he hits
(... que) elle frappe	(... that) she hits
(... que) nous frappions	(... that) we hit
(... que) vous frappiez	(... that) you hit
(... que) ils frappent	(... that) they hit
(... que) elles frappent	(... that) they hit

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je frappasse	(... that) I was hitting
(... que) tu frappasses	(... that) you were hitting
(... que) il frappât	(... that) he was hitting
(... que) elle frappât	(... that) she was hitting
(... que) nous frappassions	(... that) we were hitting
(... que) vous frappassiez	(... that) you were hitting
(... que) ils frappassent	(... that) they were hitting
(... que) elles frappassent	(... that) they were hitting

Imperative		Scored
frappe	Hit
frappons	Let's hit
frappez	Hit

Present Participle		Scored
frappant	hitting

Past Participle		Scored
frappé	hit

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