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Conjugation of the French verb gratter

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

gratter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
gratter	to scratch

Present		Scored
je gratte	I scratch
tu grattes	you scratch
il gratte	he scratches
elle gratte	she scratches
nous grattons	we scratch
vous grattez	you scratch
ils grattent	they scratch
elles grattent	they scratch

Imperfect		Scored
je grattais	I was scratching
tu grattais	you were scratching
il grattait	he was scratching
elle grattait	she was scratching
nous grattions	we were scratching
vous grattiez	you were scratching
ils grattaient	they were scratching
elles grattaient	they were scratching

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 grattai	I scratched
tu grattas	you scratched
il gratta	he scratched
elle gratta	she scratched
nous grattâmes	we scratched
vous grattâtes	you scratched
ils grattèrent	they scratched
elles grattèrent	they scratched

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

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

Future		Scored
je gratterai	I will scratch
tu gratteras	you will scratch
il grattera	he will scratch
elle grattera	she will scratch
nous gratterons	we will scratch
vous gratterez	you will scratch
ils gratteront	they will scratch
elles gratteront	they will scratch

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

Conditional		Scored
je gratterais	I would scratch
tu gratterais	you would scratch
il gratterait	he would scratch
elle gratterait	she would scratch
nous gratterions	we would scratch
vous gratteriez	you would scratch
ils gratteraient	they would scratch
elles gratteraient	they would scratch

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gratte	(... that) I scratch
(... que) tu grattes	(... that) you scratch
(... que) il gratte	(... that) he scratches
(... que) elle gratte	(... that) she scratches
(... que) nous grattions	(... that) we scratch
(... que) vous grattiez	(... that) you scratch
(... que) ils grattent	(... that) they scratch
(... que) elles grattent	(... that) they scratch

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je grattasse	(... that) I was scratching
(... que) tu grattasses	(... that) you were scratching
(... que) il grattât	(... that) he was scratching
(... que) elle grattât	(... that) she was scratching
(... que) nous grattassions	(... that) we were scratching
(... que) vous grattassiez	(... that) you were scratching
(... que) ils grattassent	(... that) they were scratching
(... que) elles grattassent	(... that) they were scratching

Imperative		Scored
gratte	Scratch
grattons	Let's scratch
grattez	Scratch

Present Participle		Scored
grattant	scratching

Past Participle		Scored
gratté	scratched

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