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Conjugation of the French verb gémir

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

gémir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
gémir	to moan

Present		Scored
je gémis	I moan
tu gémis	you moan
il gémit	he moans
elle gémit	she moans
nous gémissons	we moan
vous gémissez	you moan
ils gémissent	they moan
elles gémissent	they moan

Imperfect		Scored
je gémissais	I was moaning
tu gémissais	you were moaning
il gémissait	he was moaning
elle gémissait	she was moaning
nous gémissions	we were moaning
vous gémissiez	you were moaning
ils gémissaient	they were moaning
elles gémissaient	they were moaning

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 gémis	I moaned
tu gémis	you moaned
il gémit	he moaned
elle gémit	she moaned
nous gémîmes	we moaned
vous gémîtes	you moaned
ils gémirent	they moaned
elles gémirent	they moaned

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

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

Future		Scored
je gémirai	I will moan
tu gémiras	you will moan
il gémira	he will moan
elle gémira	she will moan
nous gémirons	we will moan
vous gémirez	you will moan
ils gémiront	they will moan
elles gémiront	they will moan

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

Conditional		Scored
je gémirais	I would moan
tu gémirais	you would moan
il gémirait	he would moan
elle gémirait	she would moan
nous gémirions	we would moan
vous gémiriez	you would moan
ils gémiraient	they would moan
elles gémiraient	they would moan

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gémisse	(... that) I moan
(... que) tu gémisses	(... that) you moan
(... que) il gémisse	(... that) he moans
(... que) elle gémisse	(... that) she moans
(... que) nous gémissions	(... that) we moan
(... que) vous gémissiez	(... that) you moan
(... que) ils gémissent	(... that) they moan
(... que) elles gémissent	(... that) they moan

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gémisse	(... that) I was moaning
(... que) tu gémisses	(... that) you were moaning
(... que) il gémît	(... that) he was moaning
(... que) elle gémît	(... that) she was moaning
(... que) nous gémissions	(... that) we were moaning
(... que) vous gémissiez	(... that) you were moaning
(... que) ils gémissent	(... that) they were moaning
(... que) elles gémissent	(... that) they were moaning

Imperative		Scored
gémis	Moan
gémissons	Let's moan
gémissez	Moan

Present Participle		Scored
gémissant	moaning

Past Participle		Scored
gémi	moaned

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