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Conjugation of the French verb pardonner

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

pardonner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
pardonner	to forgive

Present		Scored
je pardonne	I forgive
tu pardonnes	you forgive
il pardonne	he forgives
elle pardonne	she forgives
nous pardonnons	we forgive
vous pardonnez	you forgive
ils pardonnent	they forgive
elles pardonnent	they forgive

Imperfect		Scored
je pardonnais	I was forgiving
tu pardonnais	you were forgiving
il pardonnait	he was forgiving
elle pardonnait	she was forgiving
nous pardonnions	we were forgiving
vous pardonniez	you were forgiving
ils pardonnaient	they were forgiving
elles pardonnaient	they were forgiving

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 pardonnai	I forgave
tu pardonnas	you forgave
il pardonna	he forgave
elle pardonna	she forgave
nous pardonnâmes	we forgave
vous pardonnâtes	you forgave
ils pardonnèrent	they forgave
elles pardonnèrent	they forgave

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

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

Future		Scored
je pardonnerai	I will forgive
tu pardonneras	you will forgive
il pardonnera	he will forgive
elle pardonnera	she will forgive
nous pardonnerons	we will forgive
vous pardonnerez	you will forgive
ils pardonneront	they will forgive
elles pardonneront	they will forgive

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

Conditional		Scored
je pardonnerais	I would forgive
tu pardonnerais	you would forgive
il pardonnerait	he would forgive
elle pardonnerait	she would forgive
nous pardonnerions	we would forgive
vous pardonneriez	you would forgive
ils pardonneraient	they would forgive
elles pardonneraient	they would forgive

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pardonne	(... that) I forgive
(... que) tu pardonnes	(... that) you forgive
(... que) il pardonne	(... that) he forgives
(... que) elle pardonne	(... that) she forgives
(... que) nous pardonnions	(... that) we forgive
(... que) vous pardonniez	(... that) you forgive
(... que) ils pardonnent	(... that) they forgive
(... que) elles pardonnent	(... that) they forgive

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pardonnasse	(... that) I was forgiving
(... que) tu pardonnasses	(... that) you were forgiving
(... que) il pardonnât	(... that) he was forgiving
(... que) elle pardonnât	(... that) she was forgiving
(... que) nous pardonnassions	(... that) we were forgiving
(... que) vous pardonnassiez	(... that) you were forgiving
(... que) ils pardonnassent	(... that) they were forgiving
(... que) elles pardonnassent	(... that) they were forgiving

Imperative		Scored
pardonne	Forgive
pardonnons	Let's forgive
pardonnez	Forgive

Present Participle		Scored
pardonnant	forgiving

Past Participle		Scored
pardonné	forgiven

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