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Conjugation of the French verb incliner

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

incliner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
incliner	to tilt

Present		Scored
j'incline	I tilt
tu inclines	you tilt
il incline	he tilts
elle incline	she tilts
nous inclinons	we tilt
vous inclinez	you tilt
ils inclinent	they tilt
elles inclinent	they tilt

Imperfect		Scored
j'inclinais	I was tilting
tu inclinais	you were tilting
il inclinait	he was tilting
elle inclinait	she was tilting
nous inclinions	we were tilting
vous incliniez	you were tilting
ils inclinaient	they were tilting
elles inclinaient	they were tilting

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'inclinai	I tilted
tu inclinas	you tilted
il inclina	he tilted
elle inclina	she tilted
nous inclinâmes	we tilted
vous inclinâtes	you tilted
ils inclinèrent	they tilted
elles inclinèrent	they tilted

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

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

Future		Scored
j'inclinerai	I will tilt
tu inclineras	you will tilt
il inclinera	he will tilt
elle inclinera	she will tilt
nous inclinerons	we will tilt
vous inclinerez	you will tilt
ils inclineront	they will tilt
elles inclineront	they will tilt

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

Conditional		Scored
j'inclinerais	I would tilt
tu inclinerais	you would tilt
il inclinerait	he would tilt
elle inclinerait	she would tilt
nous inclinerions	we would tilt
vous inclineriez	you would tilt
ils inclineraient	they would tilt
elles inclineraient	they would tilt

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'incline	(... that) I tilt
(... que) tu inclines	(... that) you tilt
(... que) il incline	(... that) he tilts
(... que) elle incline	(... that) she tilts
(... que) nous inclinions	(... that) we tilt
(... que) vous incliniez	(... that) you tilt
(... que) ils inclinent	(... that) they tilt
(... que) elles inclinent	(... that) they tilt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'inclinasse	(... that) I was tilting
(... que) tu inclinasses	(... that) you were tilting
(... que) il inclinât	(... that) he was tilting
(... que) elle inclinât	(... that) she was tilting
(... que) nous inclinassions	(... that) we were tilting
(... que) vous inclinassiez	(... that) you were tilting
(... que) ils inclinassent	(... that) they were tilting
(... que) elles inclinassent	(... that) they were tilting

Imperative		Scored
incline	Tilt
inclinons	Let's tilt
inclinez	Tilt

Present Participle		Scored
inclinant	tilting

Past Participle		Scored
incliné	tilted

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