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Conjugation of the French verb illustrer

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

illustrer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
illustrer	to illustrate

Present		Scored
j'illustre	I illustrate
tu illustres	you illustrate
il illustre	he illustrates
elle illustre	she illustrates
nous illustrons	we illustrate
vous illustrez	you illustrate
ils illustrent	they illustrate
elles illustrent	they illustrate

Imperfect		Scored
j'illustrais	I was illustrating
tu illustrais	you were illustrating
il illustrait	he was illustrating
elle illustrait	she was illustrating
nous illustrions	we were illustrating
vous illustriez	you were illustrating
ils illustraient	they were illustrating
elles illustraient	they were illustrating

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
j'illustrai	I illustrated
tu illustras	you illustrated
il illustra	he illustrated
elle illustra	she illustrated
nous illustrâmes	we illustrated
vous illustrâtes	you illustrated
ils illustrèrent	they illustrated
elles illustrèrent	they illustrated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'illustrerai	I will illustrate
tu illustreras	you will illustrate
il illustrera	he will illustrate
elle illustrera	she will illustrate
nous illustrerons	we will illustrate
vous illustrerez	you will illustrate
ils illustreront	they will illustrate
elles illustreront	they will illustrate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'illustrerais	I would illustrate
tu illustrerais	you would illustrate
il illustrerait	he would illustrate
elle illustrerait	she would illustrate
nous illustrerions	we would illustrate
vous illustreriez	you would illustrate
ils illustreraient	they would illustrate
elles illustreraient	they would illustrate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'illustre	(... that) I illustrate
(... que) tu illustres	(... that) you illustrate
(... que) il illustre	(... that) he illustrates
(... que) elle illustre	(... that) she illustrates
(... que) nous illustrions	(... that) we illustrate
(... que) vous illustriez	(... that) you illustrate
(... que) ils illustrent	(... that) they illustrate
(... que) elles illustrent	(... that) they illustrate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'illustrasse	(... that) I was illustrating
(... que) tu illustrasses	(... that) you were illustrating
(... que) il illustrât	(... that) he was illustrating
(... que) elle illustrât	(... that) she was illustrating
(... que) nous illustrassions	(... that) we were illustrating
(... que) vous illustrassiez	(... that) you were illustrating
(... que) ils illustrassent	(... that) they were illustrating
(... que) elles illustrassent	(... that) they were illustrating

Imperative		Scored
illustre	Illustrate
illustrons	Let's illustrate
illustrez	Illustrate

Present Participle		Scored
illustrant	illustrating

Past Participle		Scored
illustré	illustrated

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