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Conjugation of the French verb insulter

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

insulter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
insulter	to insult

Present		Scored
j'insulte	I insult
tu insultes	you insult
il insulte	he insults
elle insulte	she insults
nous insultons	we insult
vous insultez	you insult
ils insultent	they insult
elles insultent	they insult

Imperfect		Scored
j'insultais	I was insulting
tu insultais	you were insulting
il insultait	he was insulting
elle insultait	she was insulting
nous insultions	we were insulting
vous insultiez	you were insulting
ils insultaient	they were insulting
elles insultaient	they were insulting

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'insultai	I insulted
tu insultas	you insulted
il insulta	he insulted
elle insulta	she insulted
nous insultâmes	we insulted
vous insultâtes	you insulted
ils insultèrent	they insulted
elles insultèrent	they insulted

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

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

Future		Scored
j'insulterai	I will insult
tu insulteras	you will insult
il insultera	he will insult
elle insultera	she will insult
nous insulterons	we will insult
vous insulterez	you will insult
ils insulteront	they will insult
elles insulteront	they will insult

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

Conditional		Scored
j'insulterais	I would insult
tu insulterais	you would insult
il insulterait	he would insult
elle insulterait	she would insult
nous insulterions	we would insult
vous insulteriez	you would insult
ils insulteraient	they would insult
elles insulteraient	they would insult

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'insulte	(... that) I insult
(... que) tu insultes	(... that) you insult
(... que) il insulte	(... that) he insults
(... que) elle insulte	(... that) she insults
(... que) nous insultions	(... that) we insult
(... que) vous insultiez	(... that) you insult
(... que) ils insultent	(... that) they insult
(... que) elles insultent	(... that) they insult

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'insultasse	(... that) I was insulting
(... que) tu insultasses	(... that) you were insulting
(... que) il insultât	(... that) he was insulting
(... que) elle insultât	(... that) she was insulting
(... que) nous insultassions	(... that) we were insulting
(... que) vous insultassiez	(... that) you were insulting
(... que) ils insultassent	(... that) they were insulting
(... que) elles insultassent	(... that) they were insulting

Imperative		Scored
insulte	Insult
insultons	Let's insult
insultez	Insult

Present Participle		Scored
insultant	insulting

Past Participle		Scored
insulté	insulted

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