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Conjugation of the French verb pendre

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

pendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
pendre	to hang

Present		Scored
je pends	I hang
tu pends	you hang
il pend	he hangs
elle pend	she hangs
nous pendons	we hang
vous pendez	you hang
ils pendent	they hang
elles pendent	they hang

Imperfect		Scored
je pendais	I was hanging
tu pendais	you were hanging
il pendait	he was hanging
elle pendait	she was hanging
nous pendions	we were hanging
vous pendiez	you were hanging
ils pendaient	they were hanging
elles pendaient	they were hanging

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 pendis	I hung
tu pendis	you hung
il pendit	he hung
elle pendit	she hung
nous pendîmes	we hung
vous pendîtes	you hung
ils pendirent	they hung
elles pendirent	they hung

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

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

Future		Scored
je pendrai	I will hang
tu pendras	you will hang
il pendra	he will hang
elle pendra	she will hang
nous pendrons	we will hang
vous pendrez	you will hang
ils pendront	they will hang
elles pendront	they will hang

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

Conditional		Scored
je pendrais	I would hang
tu pendrais	you would hang
il pendrait	he would hang
elle pendrait	she would hang
nous pendrions	we would hang
vous pendriez	you would hang
ils pendraient	they would hang
elles pendraient	they would hang

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pende	(... that) I hang
(... que) tu pendes	(... that) you hang
(... que) il pende	(... that) he hangs
(... que) elle pende	(... that) she hangs
(... que) nous pendions	(... that) we hang
(... que) vous pendiez	(... that) you hang
(... que) ils pendent	(... that) they hang
(... que) elles pendent	(... that) they hang

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pendisse	(... that) I was hanging
(... que) tu pendisses	(... that) you were hanging
(... que) il pendît	(... that) he was hanging
(... que) elle pendît	(... that) she was hanging
(... que) nous pendissions	(... that) we were hanging
(... que) vous pendissiez	(... that) you were hanging
(... que) ils pendissent	(... that) they were hanging
(... que) elles pendissent	(... that) they were hanging

Imperative		Scored
pends	Hang
pendons	Let's hang
pendez	Hang

Present Participle		Scored
pendant	hanging

Past Participle		Scored
pendu	hung

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