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Conjugation of the French verb obéir

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

obéir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
obéir	to obey

Present		Scored
j'obéis	I obey
tu obéis	you obey
il obéit	he obeys
elle obéit	she obeys
nous obéissons	we obey
vous obéissez	you obey
ils obéissent	they obey
elles obéissent	they obey

Imperfect		Scored
j'obéissais	I was obeying
tu obéissais	you were obeying
il obéissait	he was obeying
elle obéissait	she was obeying
nous obéissions	we were obeying
vous obéissiez	you were obeying
ils obéissaient	they were obeying
elles obéissaient	they were obeying

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
j'obéis	I obeyed
tu obéis	you obeyed
il obéit	he obeyed
elle obéit	she obeyed
nous obéîmes	we obeyed
vous obéîtes	you obeyed
ils obéirent	they obeyed
elles obéirent	they obeyed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'obéirai	I will obey
tu obéiras	you will obey
il obéira	he will obey
elle obéira	she will obey
nous obéirons	we will obey
vous obéirez	you will obey
ils obéiront	they will obey
elles obéiront	they will obey

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

Conditional		Scored
j'obéirais	I would obey
tu obéirais	you would obey
il obéirait	he would obey
elle obéirait	she would obey
nous obéirions	we would obey
vous obéiriez	you would obey
ils obéiraient	they would obey
elles obéiraient	they would obey

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'obéisse	(... that) I obey
(... que) tu obéisses	(... that) you obey
(... que) il obéisse	(... that) he obeys
(... que) elle obéisse	(... that) she obeys
(... que) nous obéissions	(... that) we obey
(... que) vous obéissiez	(... that) you obey
(... que) ils obéissent	(... that) they obey
(... que) elles obéissent	(... that) they obey

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'obéisse	(... that) I was obeying
(... que) tu obéisses	(... that) you were obeying
(... que) il obéît	(... that) he was obeying
(... que) elle obéît	(... that) she was obeying
(... que) nous obéissions	(... that) we were obeying
(... que) vous obéissiez	(... that) you were obeying
(... que) ils obéissent	(... that) they were obeying
(... que) elles obéissent	(... that) they were obeying

Imperative		Scored
obéis	Obey
obéissons	Let's obey
obéissez	Obey

Present Participle		Scored
obéissant	obeying

Past Participle		Scored
obéi	obeyed

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