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Conjugation of the French verb lancer

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

lancer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
lancer	to throw

Present		Scored
je lance	I throw
tu lances	you throw
il lance	he throws
elle lance	she throws
nous lançons	we throw
vous lancez	you throw
ils lancent	they throw
elles lancent	they throw

Imperfect		Scored
je lançais	I was throwing
tu lançais	you were throwing
il lançait	he was throwing
elle lançait	she was throwing
nous lancions	we were throwing
vous lanciez	you were throwing
ils lançaient	they were throwing
elles lançaient	they were throwing

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
je lançai	I threw
tu lanças	you threw
il lança	he threw
elle lança	she threw
nous lançâmes	we threw
vous lançâtes	you threw
ils lancèrent	they threw
elles lancèrent	they threw

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

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

Future		Scored
je lancerai	I will throw
tu lanceras	you will throw
il lancera	he will throw
elle lancera	she will throw
nous lancerons	we will throw
vous lancerez	you will throw
ils lanceront	they will throw
elles lanceront	they will throw

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

Conditional		Scored
je lancerais	I would throw
tu lancerais	you would throw
il lancerait	he would throw
elle lancerait	she would throw
nous lancerions	we would throw
vous lanceriez	you would throw
ils lanceraient	they would throw
elles lanceraient	they would throw

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je lance	(... that) I throw
(... que) tu lances	(... that) you throw
(... que) il lance	(... that) he throws
(... que) elle lance	(... that) she throws
(... que) nous lancions	(... that) we throw
(... que) vous lanciez	(... that) you throw
(... que) ils lancent	(... that) they throw
(... que) elles lancent	(... that) they throw

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je lançasse	(... that) I was throwing
(... que) tu lançasses	(... that) you were throwing
(... que) il lançât	(... that) he was throwing
(... que) elle lançât	(... that) she was throwing
(... que) nous lançassions	(... that) we were throwing
(... que) vous lançassiez	(... that) you were throwing
(... que) ils lançassent	(... that) they were throwing
(... que) elles lançassent	(... that) they were throwing

Imperative		Scored
lance	Throw
lançons	Let's throw
lancez	Throw

Present Participle		Scored
lançant	throwing

Past Participle		Scored
lancé	thrown

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