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Conjugation of the French verb insister

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

insister is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
insister	to insist

Present		Scored
j'insiste	I insist
tu insistes	you insist
il insiste	he insists
elle insiste	she insists
nous insistons	we insist
vous insistez	you insist
ils insistent	they insist
elles insistent	they insist

Imperfect		Scored
j'insistais	I was insisting
tu insistais	you were insisting
il insistait	he was insisting
elle insistait	she was insisting
nous insistions	we were insisting
vous insistiez	you were insisting
ils insistaient	they were insisting
elles insistaient	they were insisting

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'insistai	I insisted
tu insistas	you insisted
il insista	he insisted
elle insista	she insisted
nous insistâmes	we insisted
vous insistâtes	you insisted
ils insistèrent	they insisted
elles insistèrent	they insisted

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

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

Future		Scored
j'insisterai	I will insist
tu insisteras	you will insist
il insistera	he will insist
elle insistera	she will insist
nous insisterons	we will insist
vous insisterez	you will insist
ils insisteront	they will insist
elles insisteront	they will insist

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

Conditional		Scored
j'insisterais	I would insist
tu insisterais	you would insist
il insisterait	he would insist
elle insisterait	she would insist
nous insisterions	we would insist
vous insisteriez	you would insist
ils insisteraient	they would insist
elles insisteraient	they would insist

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'insiste	(... that) I insist
(... que) tu insistes	(... that) you insist
(... que) il insiste	(... that) he insists
(... que) elle insiste	(... that) she insists
(... que) nous insistions	(... that) we insist
(... que) vous insistiez	(... that) you insist
(... que) ils insistent	(... that) they insist
(... que) elles insistent	(... that) they insist

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'insistasse	(... that) I was insisting
(... que) tu insistasses	(... that) you were insisting
(... que) il insistât	(... that) he was insisting
(... que) elle insistât	(... that) she was insisting
(... que) nous insistassions	(... that) we were insisting
(... que) vous insistassiez	(... that) you were insisting
(... que) ils insistassent	(... that) they were insisting
(... que) elles insistassent	(... that) they were insisting

Imperative		Scored
insiste	Insist
insistons	Let's insist
insistez	Insist

Present Participle		Scored
insistant	insisting

Past Participle		Scored
insisté	insisted

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