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Conjugation of the French verb ménager

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

ménager is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
ménager	to spare

Present		Scored
je ménage	I spare
tu ménages	you spare
il ménage	he spares
elle ménage	she spares
nous ménageons	we spare
vous ménagez	you spare
ils ménagent	they spare
elles ménagent	they spare

Imperfect		Scored
je ménageais	I was sparing
tu ménageais	you were sparing
il ménageait	he was sparing
elle ménageait	she was sparing
nous ménagions	we were sparing
vous ménagiez	you were sparing
ils ménageaient	they were sparing
elles ménageaient	they were sparing

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 ménageai	I spared
tu ménageas	you spared
il ménagea	he spared
elle ménagea	she spared
nous ménageâmes	we spared
vous ménageâtes	you spared
ils ménagèrent	they spared
elles ménagèrent	they spared

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

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

Future		Scored
je ménagerai	I will spare
tu ménageras	you will spare
il ménagera	he will spare
elle ménagera	she will spare
nous ménagerons	we will spare
vous ménagerez	you will spare
ils ménageront	they will spare
elles ménageront	they will spare

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

Conditional		Scored
je ménagerais	I would spare
tu ménagerais	you would spare
il ménagerait	he would spare
elle ménagerait	she would spare
nous ménagerions	we would spare
vous ménageriez	you would spare
ils ménageraient	they would spare
elles ménageraient	they would spare

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je ménage	(... that) I spare
(... que) tu ménages	(... that) you spare
(... que) il ménage	(... that) he spares
(... que) elle ménage	(... that) she spares
(... que) nous ménagions	(... that) we spare
(... que) vous ménagiez	(... that) you spare
(... que) ils ménagent	(... that) they spare
(... que) elles ménagent	(... that) they spare

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je ménageasse	(... that) I was sparing
(... que) tu ménageasses	(... that) you were sparing
(... que) il ménageât	(... that) he was sparing
(... que) elle ménageât	(... that) she was sparing
(... que) nous ménageassions	(... that) we were sparing
(... que) vous ménageassiez	(... that) you were sparing
(... que) ils ménageassent	(... that) they were sparing
(... que) elles ménageassent	(... that) they were sparing

Imperative		Scored
ménage	Spare
ménageons	Let's spare
ménagez	Spare

Present Participle		Scored
ménageant	sparing

Past Participle		Scored
ménagé	spared

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