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Conjugation of the French verb participer

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

participer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
participer	to participate

Present		Scored
je participe	I participate
tu participes	you participate
il participe	he participates
elle participe	she participates
nous participons	we participate
vous participez	you participate
ils participent	they participate
elles participent	they participate

Imperfect		Scored
je participais	I was participating
tu participais	you were participating
il participait	he was participating
elle participait	she was participating
nous participions	we were participating
vous participiez	you were participating
ils participaient	they were participating
elles participaient	they were participating

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 participai	I participated
tu participas	you participated
il participa	he participated
elle participa	she participated
nous participâmes	we participated
vous participâtes	you participated
ils participèrent	they participated
elles participèrent	they participated

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

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

Future		Scored
je participerai	I will participate
tu participeras	you will participate
il participera	he will participate
elle participera	she will participate
nous participerons	we will participate
vous participerez	you will participate
ils participeront	they will participate
elles participeront	they will participate

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

Conditional		Scored
je participerais	I would participate
tu participerais	you would participate
il participerait	he would participate
elle participerait	she would participate
nous participerions	we would participate
vous participeriez	you would participate
ils participeraient	they would participate
elles participeraient	they would participate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je participe	(... that) I participate
(... que) tu participes	(... that) you participate
(... que) il participe	(... that) he participates
(... que) elle participe	(... that) she participates
(... que) nous participions	(... that) we participate
(... que) vous participiez	(... that) you participate
(... que) ils participent	(... that) they participate
(... que) elles participent	(... that) they participate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je participasse	(... that) I was participating
(... que) tu participasses	(... that) you were participating
(... que) il participât	(... that) he was participating
(... que) elle participât	(... that) she was participating
(... que) nous participassions	(... that) we were participating
(... que) vous participassiez	(... that) you were participating
(... que) ils participassent	(... that) they were participating
(... que) elles participassent	(... that) they were participating

Imperative		Scored
participe	Participate
participons	Let's participate
participez	Participate

Present Participle		Scored
participant	participating

Past Participle		Scored
participé	participated

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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