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Conjugation of the French verb lever

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

lever is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
lever	to raise

Present		Scored
je lève	I raise
tu lèves	you raise
il lève	he raises
elle lève	she raises
nous levons	we raise
vous levez	you raise
ils lèvent	they raise
elles lèvent	they raise

Imperfect		Scored
je levais	I was raising
tu levais	you were raising
il levait	he was raising
elle levait	she was raising
nous levions	we were raising
vous leviez	you were raising
ils levaient	they were raising
elles levaient	they were raising

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 levai	I raised
tu levas	you raised
il leva	he raised
elle leva	she raised
nous levâmes	we raised
vous levâtes	you raised
ils levèrent	they raised
elles levèrent	they raised

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

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

Future		Scored
je lèverai	I will raise
tu lèveras	you will raise
il lèvera	he will raise
elle lèvera	she will raise
nous lèverons	we will raise
vous lèverez	you will raise
ils lèveront	they will raise
elles lèveront	they will raise

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

Conditional		Scored
je lèverais	I would raise
tu lèverais	you would raise
il lèverait	he would raise
elle lèverait	she would raise
nous lèverions	we would raise
vous lèveriez	you would raise
ils lèveraient	they would raise
elles lèveraient	they would raise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je lève	(... that) I raise
(... que) tu lèves	(... that) you raise
(... que) il lève	(... that) he raises
(... que) elle lève	(... that) she raises
(... que) nous levions	(... that) we raise
(... que) vous leviez	(... that) you raise
(... que) ils lèvent	(... that) they raise
(... que) elles lèvent	(... that) they raise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je levasse	(... that) I was raising
(... que) tu levasses	(... that) you were raising
(... que) il levât	(... that) he was raising
(... que) elle levât	(... that) she was raising
(... que) nous levassions	(... that) we were raising
(... que) vous levassiez	(... that) you were raising
(... que) ils levassent	(... that) they were raising
(... que) elles levassent	(... that) they were raising

Imperative		Scored
lève	Raise
levons	Let's raise
levez	Raise

Present Participle		Scored
levant	raising

Past Participle		Scored
levé	raised

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