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Conjugation of the French verb interdire

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

interdire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
interdire	to ban

Present		Scored
j'interdis	I ban
tu interdis	you ban
il interdit	he bans
elle interdit	she bans
nous interdisons	we ban
vous interdisez	you ban
ils interdisent	they ban
elles interdisent	they ban

Imperfect		Scored
j'interdisais	I was banning
tu interdisais	you were banning
il interdisait	he was banning
elle interdisait	she was banning
nous interdisions	we were banning
vous interdisiez	you were banning
ils interdisaient	they were banning
elles interdisaient	they were banning

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'interdis	I banned
tu interdis	you banned
il interdit	he banned
elle interdit	she banned
nous interdîmes	we banned
vous interdîtes	you banned
ils interdirent	they banned
elles interdirent	they banned

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

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

Future		Scored
j'interdirai	I will ban
tu interdiras	you will ban
il interdira	he will ban
elle interdira	she will ban
nous interdirons	we will ban
vous interdirez	you will ban
ils interdiront	they will ban
elles interdiront	they will ban

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

Conditional		Scored
j'interdirais	I would ban
tu interdirais	you would ban
il interdirait	he would ban
elle interdirait	she would ban
nous interdirions	we would ban
vous interdiriez	you would ban
ils interdiraient	they would ban
elles interdiraient	they would ban

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'interdise	(... that) I ban
(... que) tu interdises	(... that) you ban
(... que) il interdise	(... that) he bans
(... que) elle interdise	(... that) she bans
(... que) nous interdisions	(... that) we ban
(... que) vous interdisiez	(... that) you ban
(... que) ils interdisent	(... that) they ban
(... que) elles interdisent	(... that) they ban

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'interdisse	(... that) I was banning
(... que) tu interdisses	(... that) you were banning
(... que) il interdît	(... that) he was banning
(... que) elle interdît	(... that) she was banning
(... que) nous interdissions	(... that) we were banning
(... que) vous interdissiez	(... that) you were banning
(... que) ils interdissent	(... that) they were banning
(... que) elles interdissent	(... that) they were banning

Imperative		Scored
interdis	Ban
interdisons	Let's ban
interdisez	Ban

Present Participle		Scored
interdisant	banning

Past Participle		Scored
interdit	banned

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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