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Conjugation of the French verb opérer

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

opérer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
opérer	to operate

Present		Scored
j'opère	I operate
tu opères	you operate
il opère	he operates
elle opère	she operates
nous opérons	we operate
vous opérez	you operate
ils opèrent	they operate
elles opèrent	they operate

Imperfect		Scored
j'opérais	I was operating
tu opérais	you were operating
il opérait	he was operating
elle opérait	she was operating
nous opérions	we were operating
vous opériez	you were operating
ils opéraient	they were operating
elles opéraient	they were operating

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'opérai	I operated
tu opéras	you operated
il opéra	he operated
elle opéra	she operated
nous opérâmes	we operated
vous opérâtes	you operated
ils opérèrent	they operated
elles opérèrent	they operated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'opèrerai	I will operate
tu opèreras	you will operate
il opèrera	he will operate
elle opèrera	she will operate
nous opèrerons	we will operate
vous opèrerez	you will operate
ils opèreront	they will operate
elles opèreront	they will operate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'opèrerais	I would operate
tu opèrerais	you would operate
il opèrerait	he would operate
elle opèrerait	she would operate
nous opèrerions	we would operate
vous opèreriez	you would operate
ils opèreraient	they would operate
elles opèreraient	they would operate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'opère	(... that) I operate
(... que) tu opères	(... that) you operate
(... que) il opère	(... that) he operates
(... que) elle opère	(... that) she operates
(... que) nous opérions	(... that) we operate
(... que) vous opériez	(... that) you operate
(... que) ils opèrent	(... that) they operate
(... que) elles opèrent	(... that) they operate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'opérasse	(... that) I was operating
(... que) tu opérasses	(... that) you were operating
(... que) il opérât	(... that) he was operating
(... que) elle opérât	(... that) she was operating
(... que) nous opérassions	(... that) we were operating
(... que) vous opérassiez	(... that) you were operating
(... que) ils opérassent	(... that) they were operating
(... que) elles opérassent	(... that) they were operating

Imperative		Scored
opère	Operate
opérons	Let's operate
opérez	Operate

Present Participle		Scored
opérant	operating

Past Participle		Scored
opéré	operated

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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