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Conjugation of the French verb mentir

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

mentir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
mentir	to lie

Present		Scored
je mens	I lie
tu mens	you lie
il ment	he lies
elle ment	she lies
nous mentons	we lie
vous mentez	you lie
ils mentent	they lie
elles mentent	they lie

Imperfect		Scored
je mentais	I was lying
tu mentais	you were lying
il mentait	he was lying
elle mentait	she was lying
nous mentions	we were lying
vous mentiez	you were lying
ils mentaient	they were lying
elles mentaient	they were lying

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 mentis	I lied
tu mentis	you lied
il mentit	he lied
elle mentit	she lied
nous mentîmes	we lied
vous mentîtes	you lied
ils mentirent	they lied
elles mentirent	they lied

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

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

Future		Scored
je mentirai	I will lie
tu mentiras	you will lie
il mentira	he will lie
elle mentira	she will lie
nous mentirons	we will lie
vous mentirez	you will lie
ils mentiront	they will lie
elles mentiront	they will lie

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

Conditional		Scored
je mentirais	I would lie
tu mentirais	you would lie
il mentirait	he would lie
elle mentirait	she would lie
nous mentirions	we would lie
vous mentiriez	you would lie
ils mentiraient	they would lie
elles mentiraient	they would lie

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je mente	(... that) I lie
(... que) tu mentes	(... that) you lie
(... que) il mente	(... that) he lies
(... que) elle mente	(... that) she lies
(... que) nous mentions	(... that) we lie
(... que) vous mentiez	(... that) you lie
(... que) ils mentent	(... that) they lie
(... que) elles mentent	(... that) they lie

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je mentisse	(... that) I was lying
(... que) tu mentisses	(... that) you were lying
(... que) il mentît	(... that) he was lying
(... que) elle mentît	(... that) she was lying
(... que) nous mentissions	(... that) we were lying
(... que) vous mentissiez	(... that) you were lying
(... que) ils mentissent	(... that) they were lying
(... que) elles mentissent	(... that) they were lying

Imperative		Scored
mens	Lie
mentons	Let's lie
mentez	Lie

Present Participle		Scored
mentant	lying

Past Participle		Scored
menti	lied

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