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Conjugation of the French verb nettoyer

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

nettoyer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
nettoyer	to clean

Present		Scored
je nettoie	I clean
tu nettoies	you clean
il nettoie	he cleans
elle nettoie	she cleans
nous nettoyons	we clean
vous nettoyez	you clean
ils nettoient	they clean
elles nettoient	they clean

Imperfect		Scored
je nettoyais	I was cleaning
tu nettoyais	you were cleaning
il nettoyait	he was cleaning
elle nettoyait	she was cleaning
nous nettoyions	we were cleaning
vous nettoyiez	you were cleaning
ils nettoyaient	they were cleaning
elles nettoyaient	they were cleaning

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 nettoyai	I cleaned
tu nettoyas	you cleaned
il nettoya	he cleaned
elle nettoya	she cleaned
nous nettoyâmes	we cleaned
vous nettoyâtes	you cleaned
ils nettoyèrent	they cleaned
elles nettoyèrent	they cleaned

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

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

Future		Scored
je nettoierai	I will clean
tu nettoieras	you will clean
il nettoiera	he will clean
elle nettoiera	she will clean
nous nettoierons	we will clean
vous nettoierez	you will clean
ils nettoieront	they will clean
elles nettoieront	they will clean

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

Conditional		Scored
je nettoierais	I would clean
tu nettoierais	you would clean
il nettoierait	he would clean
elle nettoierait	she would clean
nous nettoierions	we would clean
vous nettoieriez	you would clean
ils nettoieraient	they would clean
elles nettoieraient	they would clean

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je nettoie	(... that) I clean
(... que) tu nettoies	(... that) you clean
(... que) il nettoie	(... that) he cleans
(... que) elle nettoie	(... that) she cleans
(... que) nous nettoyions	(... that) we clean
(... que) vous nettoyiez	(... that) you clean
(... que) ils nettoient	(... that) they clean
(... que) elles nettoient	(... that) they clean

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je nettoyasse	(... that) I was cleaning
(... que) tu nettoyasses	(... that) you were cleaning
(... que) il nettoyât	(... that) he was cleaning
(... que) elle nettoyât	(... that) she was cleaning
(... que) nous nettoyassions	(... that) we were cleaning
(... que) vous nettoyassiez	(... that) you were cleaning
(... que) ils nettoyassent	(... that) they were cleaning
(... que) elles nettoyassent	(... that) they were cleaning

Imperative		Scored
nettoie	Clean
nettoyons	Let's clean
nettoyez	Clean

Present Participle		Scored
nettoyant	cleaning

Past Participle		Scored
nettoyé	cleaned

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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