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Conjugation of the French verb habiter

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

habiter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
habiter	to live

Present		Scored
je habite	I live
tu habites	you live
il habite	he lives
elle habite	she lives
nous habitons	we live
vous habitez	you live
ils habitent	they live
elles habitent	they live

Imperfect		Scored
je habitais	I was living
tu habitais	you were living
il habitait	he was living
elle habitait	she was living
nous habitions	we were living
vous habitiez	you were living
ils habitaient	they were living
elles habitaient	they were living

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 habitai	I lived
tu habitas	you lived
il habita	he lived
elle habita	she lived
nous habitâmes	we lived
vous habitâtes	you lived
ils habitèrent	they lived
elles habitèrent	they lived

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

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

Future		Scored
je habiterai	I will live
tu habiteras	you will live
il habitera	he will live
elle habitera	she will live
nous habiterons	we will live
vous habiterez	you will live
ils habiteront	they will live
elles habiteront	they will live

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

Conditional		Scored
je habiterais	I would live
tu habiterais	you would live
il habiterait	he would live
elle habiterait	she would live
nous habiterions	we would live
vous habiteriez	you would live
ils habiteraient	they would live
elles habiteraient	they would live

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je habite	(... that) I live
(... que) tu habites	(... that) you live
(... que) il habite	(... that) he lives
(... que) elle habite	(... that) she lives
(... que) nous habitions	(... that) we live
(... que) vous habitiez	(... that) you live
(... que) ils habitent	(... that) they live
(... que) elles habitent	(... that) they live

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je habitasse	(... that) I was living
(... que) tu habitasses	(... that) you were living
(... que) il habitât	(... that) he was living
(... que) elle habitât	(... that) she was living
(... que) nous habitassions	(... that) we were living
(... que) vous habitassiez	(... that) you were living
(... que) ils habitassent	(... that) they were living
(... que) elles habitassent	(... that) they were living

Imperative		Scored
habite	Live
habitons	Let's live
habitez	Live

Present Participle		Scored
habitant	living

Past Participle		Scored
habité	lived

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