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Conjugation of the French verb percevoir

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

percevoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
percevoir	to perceive

Present		Scored
je perçois	I perceive
tu perçois	you perceive
il perçoit	he perceives
elle perçoit	she perceives
nous percevons	we perceive
vous percevez	you perceive
ils perçoivent	they perceive
elles perçoivent	they perceive

Imperfect		Scored
je percevais	I was perceiving
tu percevais	you were perceiving
il percevait	he was perceiving
elle percevait	she was perceiving
nous percevions	we were perceiving
vous perceviez	you were perceiving
ils percevaient	they were perceiving
elles percevaient	they were perceiving

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 perçus	I perceived
tu perçus	you perceived
il perçut	he perceived
elle perçut	she perceived
nous perçûmes	we perceived
vous perçûtes	you perceived
ils perçurent	they perceived
elles perçurent	they perceived

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

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

Future		Scored
je percevrai	I will perceive
tu percevras	you will perceive
il percevra	he will perceive
elle percevra	she will perceive
nous percevrons	we will perceive
vous percevrez	you will perceive
ils percevront	they will perceive
elles percevront	they will perceive

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

Conditional		Scored
je percevrais	I would perceive
tu percevrais	you would perceive
il percevrait	he would perceive
elle percevrait	she would perceive
nous percevrions	we would perceive
vous percevriez	you would perceive
ils percevraient	they would perceive
elles percevraient	they would perceive

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je perçoive	(... that) I perceive
(... que) tu perçoives	(... that) you perceive
(... que) il perçoive	(... that) he perceives
(... que) elle perçoive	(... that) she perceives
(... que) nous percevions	(... that) we perceive
(... que) vous perceviez	(... that) you perceive
(... que) ils perçoivent	(... that) they perceive
(... que) elles perçoivent	(... that) they perceive

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je perçusse	(... that) I was perceiving
(... que) tu perçusses	(... that) you were perceiving
(... que) il perçût	(... that) he was perceiving
(... que) elle perçût	(... that) she was perceiving
(... que) nous perçussions	(... that) we were perceiving
(... que) vous perçussiez	(... that) you were perceiving
(... que) ils perçussent	(... that) they were perceiving
(... que) elles perçussent	(... that) they were perceiving

Imperative		Scored
perçois	Perceive
percevons	Let's perceive
percevez	Perceive

Present Participle		Scored
percevant	perceiving

Past Participle		Scored
perçu	perceived

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