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Conjugation of the French verb permettre

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

permettre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
permettre	to allow

Present		Scored
je permets	I allow
tu permets	you allow
il permet	he allows
elle permet	she allows
nous permettons	we allow
vous permettez	you allow
ils permettent	they allow
elles permettent	they allow

Imperfect		Scored
je permettais	I was allowing
tu permettais	you were allowing
il permettait	he was allowing
elle permettait	she was allowing
nous permettions	we were allowing
vous permettiez	you were allowing
ils permettaient	they were allowing
elles permettaient	they were allowing

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 permis	I allowed
tu permis	you allowed
il permit	he allowed
elle permit	she allowed
nous permîmes	we allowed
vous permîtes	you allowed
ils permirent	they allowed
elles permirent	they allowed

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

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

Future		Scored
je permettrai	I will allow
tu permettras	you will allow
il permettra	he will allow
elle permettra	she will allow
nous permettrons	we will allow
vous permettrez	you will allow
ils permettront	they will allow
elles permettront	they will allow

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

Conditional		Scored
je permettrais	I would allow
tu permettrais	you would allow
il permettrait	he would allow
elle permettrait	she would allow
nous permettrions	we would allow
vous permettriez	you would allow
ils permettraient	they would allow
elles permettraient	they would allow

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je permette	(... that) I allow
(... que) tu permettes	(... that) you allow
(... que) il permette	(... that) he allows
(... que) elle permette	(... that) she allows
(... que) nous permettions	(... that) we allow
(... que) vous permettiez	(... that) you allow
(... que) ils permettent	(... that) they allow
(... que) elles permettent	(... that) they allow

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je permisse	(... that) I was allowing
(... que) tu permisses	(... that) you were allowing
(... que) il permît	(... that) he was allowing
(... que) elle permît	(... that) she was allowing
(... que) nous permissions	(... that) we were allowing
(... que) vous permissiez	(... that) you were allowing
(... que) ils permissent	(... that) they were allowing
(... que) elles permissent	(... that) they were allowing

Imperative		Scored
permets	Allow
permettons	Let's allow
permettez	Allow

Present Participle		Scored
permettant	allowing

Past Participle		Scored
permis	allowed

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