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Conjugation of the French verb gâter

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

gâter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
gâter	to spoil

Present		Scored
je gâte	I spoil
tu gâtes	you spoil
il gâte	he spoils
elle gâte	she spoils
nous gâtons	we spoil
vous gâtez	you spoil
ils gâtent	they spoil
elles gâtent	they spoil

Imperfect		Scored
je gâtais	I was spoiling
tu gâtais	you were spoiling
il gâtait	he was spoiling
elle gâtait	she was spoiling
nous gâtions	we were spoiling
vous gâtiez	you were spoiling
ils gâtaient	they were spoiling
elles gâtaient	they were spoiling

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 gâtai	I spoiled
tu gâtas	you spoiled
il gâta	he spoiled
elle gâta	she spoiled
nous gâtâmes	we spoiled
vous gâtâtes	you spoiled
ils gâtèrent	they spoiled
elles gâtèrent	they spoiled

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

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

Future		Scored
je gâterai	I will spoil
tu gâteras	you will spoil
il gâtera	he will spoil
elle gâtera	she will spoil
nous gâterons	we will spoil
vous gâterez	you will spoil
ils gâteront	they will spoil
elles gâteront	they will spoil

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

Conditional		Scored
je gâterais	I would spoil
tu gâterais	you would spoil
il gâterait	he would spoil
elle gâterait	she would spoil
nous gâterions	we would spoil
vous gâteriez	you would spoil
ils gâteraient	they would spoil
elles gâteraient	they would spoil

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gâte	(... that) I spoil
(... que) tu gâtes	(... that) you spoil
(... que) il gâte	(... that) he spoils
(... que) elle gâte	(... that) she spoils
(... que) nous gâtions	(... that) we spoil
(... que) vous gâtiez	(... that) you spoil
(... que) ils gâtent	(... that) they spoil
(... que) elles gâtent	(... that) they spoil

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gâtasse	(... that) I was spoiling
(... que) tu gâtasses	(... that) you were spoiling
(... que) il gâtât	(... that) he was spoiling
(... que) elle gâtât	(... that) she was spoiling
(... que) nous gâtassions	(... that) we were spoiling
(... que) vous gâtassiez	(... that) you were spoiling
(... que) ils gâtassent	(... that) they were spoiling
(... que) elles gâtassent	(... that) they were spoiling

Imperative		Scored
gâte	Spoil
gâtons	Let's spoil
gâtez	Spoil

Present Participle		Scored
gâtant	spoiling

Past Participle		Scored
gâté	spoiled

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