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Conjugation of the French verb mordre

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

mordre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
mordre	to bite

Present		Scored
je mords	I bite
tu mords	you bite
il mord	he bites
elle mord	she bites
nous mordons	we bite
vous mordez	you bite
ils mordent	they bite
elles mordent	they bite

Imperfect		Scored
je mordais	I was biting
tu mordais	you were biting
il mordait	he was biting
elle mordait	she was biting
nous mordions	we were biting
vous mordiez	you were biting
ils mordaient	they were biting
elles mordaient	they were biting

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 mordis	I bit
tu mordis	you bit
il mordit	he bit
elle mordit	she bit
nous mordîmes	we bit
vous mordîtes	you bit
ils mordirent	they bit
elles mordirent	they bit

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

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

Future		Scored
je mordrai	I will bite
tu mordras	you will bite
il mordra	he will bite
elle mordra	she will bite
nous mordrons	we will bite
vous mordrez	you will bite
ils mordront	they will bite
elles mordront	they will bite

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

Conditional		Scored
je mordrais	I would bite
tu mordrais	you would bite
il mordrait	he would bite
elle mordrait	she would bite
nous mordrions	we would bite
vous mordriez	you would bite
ils mordraient	they would bite
elles mordraient	they would bite

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je morde	(... that) I bite
(... que) tu mordes	(... that) you bite
(... que) il morde	(... that) he bites
(... que) elle morde	(... that) she bites
(... que) nous mordions	(... that) we bite
(... que) vous mordiez	(... that) you bite
(... que) ils mordent	(... that) they bite
(... que) elles mordent	(... that) they bite

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je mordisse	(... that) I was biting
(... que) tu mordisses	(... that) you were biting
(... que) il mordît	(... that) he was biting
(... que) elle mordît	(... that) she was biting
(... que) nous mordissions	(... that) we were biting
(... que) vous mordissiez	(... that) you were biting
(... que) ils mordissent	(... that) they were biting
(... que) elles mordissent	(... that) they were biting

Imperative		Scored
mords	Bite
mordons	Let's bite
mordez	Bite

Present Participle		Scored
mordant	biting

Past Participle		Scored
mordu	bitten

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