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Conjugation of the French verb gêner

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

gêner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
gêner	to bother

Present		Scored
je gêne	I bother
tu gênes	you bother
il gêne	he bothers
elle gêne	she bothers
nous gênons	we bother
vous gênez	you bother
ils gênent	they bother
elles gênent	they bother

Imperfect		Scored
je gênais	I was bothering
tu gênais	you were bothering
il gênait	he was bothering
elle gênait	she was bothering
nous gênions	we were bothering
vous gêniez	you were bothering
ils gênaient	they were bothering
elles gênaient	they were bothering

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 gênai	I bothered
tu gênas	you bothered
il gêna	he bothered
elle gêna	she bothered
nous gênâmes	we bothered
vous gênâtes	you bothered
ils gênèrent	they bothered
elles gênèrent	they bothered

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

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

Future		Scored
je gênerai	I will bother
tu gêneras	you will bother
il gênera	he will bother
elle gênera	she will bother
nous gênerons	we will bother
vous gênerez	you will bother
ils gêneront	they will bother
elles gêneront	they will bother

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

Conditional		Scored
je gênerais	I would bother
tu gênerais	you would bother
il gênerait	he would bother
elle gênerait	she would bother
nous gênerions	we would bother
vous gêneriez	you would bother
ils gêneraient	they would bother
elles gêneraient	they would bother

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gêne	(... that) I bother
(... que) tu gênes	(... that) you bother
(... que) il gêne	(... that) he bothers
(... que) elle gêne	(... that) she bothers
(... que) nous gênions	(... that) we bother
(... que) vous gêniez	(... that) you bother
(... que) ils gênent	(... that) they bother
(... que) elles gênent	(... that) they bother

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gênasse	(... that) I was bothering
(... que) tu gênasses	(... that) you were bothering
(... que) il gênât	(... that) he was bothering
(... que) elle gênât	(... that) she was bothering
(... que) nous gênassions	(... that) we were bothering
(... que) vous gênassiez	(... that) you were bothering
(... que) ils gênassent	(... that) they were bothering
(... que) elles gênassent	(... that) they were bothering

Imperative		Scored
gêne	Bother
gênons	Let's bother
gênez	Bother

Present Participle		Scored
gênant	bothering

Past Participle		Scored
gêné	bothered

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