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Conjugation of the French verb mépriser

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

mépriser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
mépriser	to scorn

Present		Scored
je méprise	I scorn
tu méprises	you scorn
il méprise	he scorns
elle méprise	she scorns
nous méprisons	we scorn
vous méprisez	you scorn
ils méprisent	they scorn
elles méprisent	they scorn

Imperfect		Scored
je méprisais	I was scorning
tu méprisais	you were scorning
il méprisait	he was scorning
elle méprisait	she was scorning
nous méprisions	we were scorning
vous méprisiez	you were scorning
ils méprisaient	they were scorning
elles méprisaient	they were scorning

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 méprisai	I scorned
tu méprisas	you scorned
il méprisa	he scorned
elle méprisa	she scorned
nous méprisâmes	we scorned
vous méprisâtes	you scorned
ils méprisèrent	they scorned
elles méprisèrent	they scorned

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

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

Future		Scored
je mépriserai	I will scorn
tu mépriseras	you will scorn
il méprisera	he will scorn
elle méprisera	she will scorn
nous mépriserons	we will scorn
vous mépriserez	you will scorn
ils mépriseront	they will scorn
elles mépriseront	they will scorn

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

Conditional		Scored
je mépriserais	I would scorn
tu mépriserais	you would scorn
il mépriserait	he would scorn
elle mépriserait	she would scorn
nous mépriserions	we would scorn
vous mépriseriez	you would scorn
ils mépriseraient	they would scorn
elles mépriseraient	they would scorn

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je méprise	(... that) I scorn
(... que) tu méprises	(... that) you scorn
(... que) il méprise	(... that) he scorns
(... que) elle méprise	(... that) she scorns
(... que) nous méprisions	(... that) we scorn
(... que) vous méprisiez	(... that) you scorn
(... que) ils méprisent	(... that) they scorn
(... que) elles méprisent	(... that) they scorn

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je méprisasse	(... that) I was scorning
(... que) tu méprisasses	(... that) you were scorning
(... que) il méprisât	(... that) he was scorning
(... que) elle méprisât	(... that) she was scorning
(... que) nous méprisassions	(... that) we were scorning
(... que) vous méprisassiez	(... that) you were scorning
(... que) ils méprisassent	(... that) they were scorning
(... que) elles méprisassent	(... that) they were scorning

Imperative		Scored
méprise	Scorn
méprisons	Let's scorn
méprisez	Scorn

Present Participle		Scored
méprisant	scorning

Past Participle		Scored
méprisé	scorned

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