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Conjugation of the French verb méprendre

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

méprendre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
méprendre	to mistake

Present		Scored
je méprends	I mistake
tu méprends	you mistake
il méprend	he mistakes
elle méprend	she mistakes
nous méprenons	we mistake
vous méprenez	you mistake
ils méprennent	they mistake
elles méprennent	they mistake

Imperfect		Scored
je méprenais	I was mistaking
tu méprenais	you were mistaking
il méprenait	he was mistaking
elle méprenait	she was mistaking
nous méprenions	we were mistaking
vous mépreniez	you were mistaking
ils méprenaient	they were mistaking
elles méprenaient	they were mistaking

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 mépris	I mistook
tu mépris	you mistook
il méprit	he mistook
elle méprit	she mistook
nous méprîmes	we mistook
vous méprîtes	you mistook
ils méprirent	they mistook
elles méprirent	they mistook

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

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

Future		Scored
je méprendrai	I will mistake
tu méprendras	you will mistake
il méprendra	he will mistake
elle méprendra	she will mistake
nous méprendrons	we will mistake
vous méprendrez	you will mistake
ils méprendront	they will mistake
elles méprendront	they will mistake

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

Conditional		Scored
je méprendrais	I would mistake
tu méprendrais	you would mistake
il méprendrait	he would mistake
elle méprendrait	she would mistake
nous méprendrions	we would mistake
vous méprendriez	you would mistake
ils méprendraient	they would mistake
elles méprendraient	they would mistake

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je méprenne	(... that) I mistake
(... que) tu méprennes	(... that) you mistake
(... que) il méprenne	(... that) he mistakes
(... que) elle méprenne	(... that) she mistakes
(... que) nous méprenions	(... that) we mistake
(... que) vous mépreniez	(... that) you mistake
(... que) ils méprennent	(... that) they mistake
(... que) elles méprennent	(... that) they mistake

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je méprisse	(... that) I was mistaking
(... que) tu méprisses	(... that) you were mistaking
(... que) il méprît	(... that) he was mistaking
(... que) elle méprît	(... that) she was mistaking
(... que) nous méprissions	(... that) we were mistaking
(... que) vous méprissiez	(... that) you were mistaking
(... que) ils méprissent	(... that) they were mistaking
(... que) elles méprissent	(... that) they were mistaking

Imperative		Scored
méprends	Mistake
méprenons	Let's mistake
méprenez	Mistake

Present Participle		Scored
méprenant	mistaking

Past Participle		Scored
mépris	mistaken

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