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Conjugation of the French verb parer

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

parer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
parer	to adorn

Present		Scored
je pare	I adorn
tu pares	you adorn
il pare	he adorns
elle pare	she adorns
nous parons	we adorn
vous parez	you adorn
ils parent	they adorn
elles parent	they adorn

Imperfect		Scored
je parais	I was adorning
tu parais	you were adorning
il parait	he was adorning
elle parait	she was adorning
nous parions	we were adorning
vous pariez	you were adorning
ils paraient	they were adorning
elles paraient	they were adorning

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 parai	I adorned
tu paras	you adorned
il para	he adorned
elle para	she adorned
nous parâmes	we adorned
vous parâtes	you adorned
ils parèrent	they adorned
elles parèrent	they adorned

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

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

Future		Scored
je parerai	I will adorn
tu pareras	you will adorn
il parera	he will adorn
elle parera	she will adorn
nous parerons	we will adorn
vous parerez	you will adorn
ils pareront	they will adorn
elles pareront	they will adorn

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

Conditional		Scored
je parerais	I would adorn
tu parerais	you would adorn
il parerait	he would adorn
elle parerait	she would adorn
nous parerions	we would adorn
vous pareriez	you would adorn
ils pareraient	they would adorn
elles pareraient	they would adorn

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pare	(... that) I adorn
(... que) tu pares	(... that) you adorn
(... que) il pare	(... that) he adorns
(... que) elle pare	(... that) she adorns
(... que) nous parions	(... that) we adorn
(... que) vous pariez	(... that) you adorn
(... que) ils parent	(... that) they adorn
(... que) elles parent	(... that) they adorn

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je parasse	(... that) I was adorning
(... que) tu parasses	(... that) you were adorning
(... que) il parât	(... that) he was adorning
(... que) elle parât	(... that) she was adorning
(... que) nous parassions	(... that) we were adorning
(... que) vous parassiez	(... that) you were adorning
(... que) ils parassent	(... that) they were adorning
(... que) elles parassent	(... that) they were adorning

Imperative		Scored
pare	Adorn
parons	Let's adorn
parez	Adorn

Present Participle		Scored
parant	adorning

Past Participle		Scored
paré	adorned

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