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Conjugation of the French verb plaisanter

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

plaisanter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
plaisanter	to joke

Present		Scored
je plaisante	I joke
tu plaisantes	you joke
il plaisante	he jokes
elle plaisante	she jokes
nous plaisantons	we joke
vous plaisantez	you joke
ils plaisantent	they joke
elles plaisantent	they joke

Imperfect		Scored
je plaisantais	I was joking
tu plaisantais	you were joking
il plaisantait	he was joking
elle plaisantait	she was joking
nous plaisantions	we were joking
vous plaisantiez	you were joking
ils plaisantaient	they were joking
elles plaisantaient	they were joking

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 plaisantai	I joked
tu plaisantas	you joked
il plaisanta	he joked
elle plaisanta	she joked
nous plaisantâmes	we joked
vous plaisantâtes	you joked
ils plaisantèrent	they joked
elles plaisantèrent	they joked

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

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

Future		Scored
je plaisanterai	I will joke
tu plaisanteras	you will joke
il plaisantera	he will joke
elle plaisantera	she will joke
nous plaisanterons	we will joke
vous plaisanterez	you will joke
ils plaisanteront	they will joke
elles plaisanteront	they will joke

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

Conditional		Scored
je plaisanterais	I would joke
tu plaisanterais	you would joke
il plaisanterait	he would joke
elle plaisanterait	she would joke
nous plaisanterions	we would joke
vous plaisanteriez	you would joke
ils plaisanteraient	they would joke
elles plaisanteraient	they would joke

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je plaisante	(... that) I joke
(... que) tu plaisantes	(... that) you joke
(... que) il plaisante	(... that) he jokes
(... que) elle plaisante	(... that) she jokes
(... que) nous plaisantions	(... that) we joke
(... que) vous plaisantiez	(... that) you joke
(... que) ils plaisantent	(... that) they joke
(... que) elles plaisantent	(... that) they joke

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je plaisantasse	(... that) I was joking
(... que) tu plaisantasses	(... that) you were joking
(... que) il plaisantât	(... that) he was joking
(... que) elle plaisantât	(... that) she was joking
(... que) nous plaisantassions	(... that) we were joking
(... que) vous plaisantassiez	(... that) you were joking
(... que) ils plaisantassent	(... that) they were joking
(... que) elles plaisantassent	(... that) they were joking

Imperative		Scored
plaisante	Joke
plaisantons	Let's joke
plaisantez	Joke

Present Participle		Scored
plaisantant	joking

Past Participle		Scored
plaisanté	joked

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