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Conjugation of the French verb parler

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

parler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
parler	to talk

Present		Scored
je parle	I talk
tu parles	you talk
il parle	he talks
elle parle	she talks
nous parlons	we talk
vous parlez	you talk
ils parlent	they talk
elles parlent	they talk

Imperfect		Scored
je parlais	I was talking
tu parlais	you were talking
il parlait	he was talking
elle parlait	she was talking
nous parlions	we were talking
vous parliez	you were talking
ils parlaient	they were talking
elles parlaient	they were talking

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 parlai	I talked
tu parlas	you talked
il parla	he talked
elle parla	she talked
nous parlâmes	we talked
vous parlâtes	you talked
ils parlèrent	they talked
elles parlèrent	they talked

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

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

Future		Scored
je parlerai	I will talk
tu parleras	you will talk
il parlera	he will talk
elle parlera	she will talk
nous parlerons	we will talk
vous parlerez	you will talk
ils parleront	they will talk
elles parleront	they will talk

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

Conditional		Scored
je parlerais	I would talk
tu parlerais	you would talk
il parlerait	he would talk
elle parlerait	she would talk
nous parlerions	we would talk
vous parleriez	you would talk
ils parleraient	they would talk
elles parleraient	they would talk

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je parle	(... that) I talk
(... que) tu parles	(... that) you talk
(... que) il parle	(... that) he talks
(... que) elle parle	(... that) she talks
(... que) nous parlions	(... that) we talk
(... que) vous parliez	(... that) you talk
(... que) ils parlent	(... that) they talk
(... que) elles parlent	(... that) they talk

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je parlasse	(... that) I was talking
(... que) tu parlasses	(... that) you were talking
(... que) il parlât	(... that) he was talking
(... que) elle parlât	(... that) she was talking
(... que) nous parlassions	(... that) we were talking
(... que) vous parlassiez	(... that) you were talking
(... que) ils parlassent	(... that) they were talking
(... que) elles parlassent	(... that) they were talking

Imperative		Scored
parle	Talk
parlons	Let's talk
parlez	Talk

Present Participle		Scored
parlant	talking

Past Participle		Scored
parlé	talked

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