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Conjugation of the French verb monter

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

monter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
monter	to rise

Present		Scored
je monte	I rise
tu montes	you rise
il monte	he rises
elle monte	she rises
nous montons	we rise
vous montez	you rise
ils montent	they rise
elles montent	they rise

Imperfect		Scored
je montais	I was rising
tu montais	you were rising
il montait	he was rising
elle montait	she was rising
nous montions	we were rising
vous montiez	you were rising
ils montaient	they were rising
elles montaient	they were rising

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 montai	I rose
tu montas	you rose
il monta	he rose
elle monta	she rose
nous montâmes	we rose
vous montâtes	you rose
ils montèrent	they rose
elles montèrent	they rose

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

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

Future		Scored
je monterai	I will rise
tu monteras	you will rise
il montera	he will rise
elle montera	she will rise
nous monterons	we will rise
vous monterez	you will rise
ils monteront	they will rise
elles monteront	they will rise

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

Conditional		Scored
je monterais	I would rise
tu monterais	you would rise
il monterait	he would rise
elle monterait	she would rise
nous monterions	we would rise
vous monteriez	you would rise
ils monteraient	they would rise
elles monteraient	they would rise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je monte	(... that) I rise
(... que) tu montes	(... that) you rise
(... que) il monte	(... that) he rises
(... que) elle monte	(... that) she rises
(... que) nous montions	(... that) we rise
(... que) vous montiez	(... that) you rise
(... que) ils montent	(... that) they rise
(... que) elles montent	(... that) they rise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je montasse	(... that) I was rising
(... que) tu montasses	(... that) you were rising
(... que) il montât	(... that) he was rising
(... que) elle montât	(... that) she was rising
(... que) nous montassions	(... that) we were rising
(... que) vous montassiez	(... that) you were rising
(... que) ils montassent	(... that) they were rising
(... que) elles montassent	(... that) they were rising

Imperative		Scored
monte	Rise
montons	Let's rise
montez	Rise

Present Participle		Scored
montant	rising

Past Participle		Scored
monté	risen

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