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Conjugation of the French verb gronder

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

gronder is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
gronder	to scold

Present		Scored
je gronde	I scold
tu grondes	you scold
il gronde	he scolds
elle gronde	she scolds
nous grondons	we scold
vous grondez	you scold
ils grondent	they scold
elles grondent	they scold

Imperfect		Scored
je grondais	I was scolding
tu grondais	you were scolding
il grondait	he was scolding
elle grondait	she was scolding
nous grondions	we were scolding
vous grondiez	you were scolding
ils grondaient	they were scolding
elles grondaient	they were scolding

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 grondai	I scolded
tu grondas	you scolded
il gronda	he scolded
elle gronda	she scolded
nous grondâmes	we scolded
vous grondâtes	you scolded
ils grondèrent	they scolded
elles grondèrent	they scolded

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

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

Future		Scored
je gronderai	I will scold
tu gronderas	you will scold
il grondera	he will scold
elle grondera	she will scold
nous gronderons	we will scold
vous gronderez	you will scold
ils gronderont	they will scold
elles gronderont	they will scold

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

Conditional		Scored
je gronderais	I would scold
tu gronderais	you would scold
il gronderait	he would scold
elle gronderait	she would scold
nous gronderions	we would scold
vous gronderiez	you would scold
ils gronderaient	they would scold
elles gronderaient	they would scold

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gronde	(... that) I scold
(... que) tu grondes	(... that) you scold
(... que) il gronde	(... that) he scolds
(... que) elle gronde	(... that) she scolds
(... que) nous grondions	(... that) we scold
(... que) vous grondiez	(... that) you scold
(... que) ils grondent	(... that) they scold
(... que) elles grondent	(... that) they scold

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je grondasse	(... that) I was scolding
(... que) tu grondasses	(... that) you were scolding
(... que) il grondât	(... that) he was scolding
(... que) elle grondât	(... that) she was scolding
(... que) nous grondassions	(... that) we were scolding
(... que) vous grondassiez	(... that) you were scolding
(... que) ils grondassent	(... that) they were scolding
(... que) elles grondassent	(... that) they were scolding

Imperative		Scored
gronde	Scold
grondons	Let's scold
grondez	Scold

Present Participle		Scored
grondant	scolding

Past Participle		Scored
grondé	scolded

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