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Conjugation of the French verb mériter

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

mériter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
mériter	to deserve

Present		Scored
je mérite	I deserve
tu mérites	you deserve
il mérite	he deserves
elle mérite	she deserves
nous méritons	we deserve
vous méritez	you deserve
ils méritent	they deserve
elles méritent	they deserve

Imperfect		Scored
je méritais	I was deserving
tu méritais	you were deserving
il méritait	he was deserving
elle méritait	she was deserving
nous méritions	we were deserving
vous méritiez	you were deserving
ils méritaient	they were deserving
elles méritaient	they were deserving

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 méritai	I deserved
tu méritas	you deserved
il mérita	he deserved
elle mérita	she deserved
nous méritâmes	we deserved
vous méritâtes	you deserved
ils méritèrent	they deserved
elles méritèrent	they deserved

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

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

Future		Scored
je mériterai	I will deserve
tu mériteras	you will deserve
il méritera	he will deserve
elle méritera	she will deserve
nous mériterons	we will deserve
vous mériterez	you will deserve
ils mériteront	they will deserve
elles mériteront	they will deserve

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

Conditional		Scored
je mériterais	I would deserve
tu mériterais	you would deserve
il mériterait	he would deserve
elle mériterait	she would deserve
nous mériterions	we would deserve
vous mériteriez	you would deserve
ils mériteraient	they would deserve
elles mériteraient	they would deserve

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je mérite	(... that) I deserve
(... que) tu mérites	(... that) you deserve
(... que) il mérite	(... that) he deserves
(... que) elle mérite	(... that) she deserves
(... que) nous méritions	(... that) we deserve
(... que) vous méritiez	(... that) you deserve
(... que) ils méritent	(... that) they deserve
(... que) elles méritent	(... that) they deserve

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je méritasse	(... that) I was deserving
(... que) tu méritasses	(... that) you were deserving
(... que) il méritât	(... that) he was deserving
(... que) elle méritât	(... that) she was deserving
(... que) nous méritassions	(... that) we were deserving
(... que) vous méritassiez	(... that) you were deserving
(... que) ils méritassent	(... that) they were deserving
(... que) elles méritassent	(... that) they were deserving

Imperative		Scored
mérite	Deserve
méritons	Let's deserve
méritez	Deserve

Present Participle		Scored
méritant	deserving

Past Participle		Scored
mérité	deserved

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