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Conjugation of the French verb hésiter

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

hésiter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
hésiter	to hesitate

Present		Scored
je hésite	I hesitate
tu hésites	you hesitate
il hésite	he hesitates
elle hésite	she hesitates
nous hésitons	we hesitate
vous hésitez	you hesitate
ils hésitent	they hesitate
elles hésitent	they hesitate

Imperfect		Scored
je hésitais	I was hesitating
tu hésitais	you were hesitating
il hésitait	he was hesitating
elle hésitait	she was hesitating
nous hésitions	we were hesitating
vous hésitiez	you were hesitating
ils hésitaient	they were hesitating
elles hésitaient	they were hesitating

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 hésitai	I hesitated
tu hésitas	you hesitated
il hésita	he hesitated
elle hésita	she hesitated
nous hésitâmes	we hesitated
vous hésitâtes	you hesitated
ils hésitèrent	they hesitated
elles hésitèrent	they hesitated

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

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

Future		Scored
je hésiterai	I will hesitate
tu hésiteras	you will hesitate
il hésitera	he will hesitate
elle hésitera	she will hesitate
nous hésiterons	we will hesitate
vous hésiterez	you will hesitate
ils hésiteront	they will hesitate
elles hésiteront	they will hesitate

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

Conditional		Scored
je hésiterais	I would hesitate
tu hésiterais	you would hesitate
il hésiterait	he would hesitate
elle hésiterait	she would hesitate
nous hésiterions	we would hesitate
vous hésiteriez	you would hesitate
ils hésiteraient	they would hesitate
elles hésiteraient	they would hesitate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je hésite	(... that) I hesitate
(... que) tu hésites	(... that) you hesitate
(... que) il hésite	(... that) he hesitates
(... que) elle hésite	(... that) she hesitates
(... que) nous hésitions	(... that) we hesitate
(... que) vous hésitiez	(... that) you hesitate
(... que) ils hésitent	(... that) they hesitate
(... que) elles hésitent	(... that) they hesitate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je hésitasse	(... that) I was hesitating
(... que) tu hésitasses	(... that) you were hesitating
(... que) il hésitât	(... that) he was hesitating
(... que) elle hésitât	(... that) she was hesitating
(... que) nous hésitassions	(... that) we were hesitating
(... que) vous hésitassiez	(... that) you were hesitating
(... que) ils hésitassent	(... that) they were hesitating
(... que) elles hésitassent	(... that) they were hesitating

Imperative		Scored
hésite	Hesitate
hésitons	Let's hesitate
hésitez	Hesitate

Present Participle		Scored
hésitant	hesitating

Past Participle		Scored
hésité	hesitated

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