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Conjugation of the French verb poser

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

poser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
poser	to lay

Present		Scored
je pose	I lay
tu poses	you lay
il pose	he lays
elle pose	she lays
nous posons	we lay
vous posez	you lay
ils posent	they lay
elles posent	they lay

Imperfect		Scored
je posais	I was laying
tu posais	you were laying
il posait	he was laying
elle posait	she was laying
nous posions	we were laying
vous posiez	you were laying
ils posaient	they were laying
elles posaient	they were laying

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 posai	I laid
tu posas	you laid
il posa	he laid
elle posa	she laid
nous posâmes	we laid
vous posâtes	you laid
ils posèrent	they laid
elles posèrent	they laid

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

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

Future		Scored
je poserai	I will lay
tu poseras	you will lay
il posera	he will lay
elle posera	she will lay
nous poserons	we will lay
vous poserez	you will lay
ils poseront	they will lay
elles poseront	they will lay

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

Conditional		Scored
je poserais	I would lay
tu poserais	you would lay
il poserait	he would lay
elle poserait	she would lay
nous poserions	we would lay
vous poseriez	you would lay
ils poseraient	they would lay
elles poseraient	they would lay

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pose	(... that) I lay
(... que) tu poses	(... that) you lay
(... que) il pose	(... that) he lays
(... que) elle pose	(... that) she lays
(... que) nous posions	(... that) we lay
(... que) vous posiez	(... that) you lay
(... que) ils posent	(... that) they lay
(... que) elles posent	(... that) they lay

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je posasse	(... that) I was laying
(... que) tu posasses	(... that) you were laying
(... que) il posât	(... that) he was laying
(... que) elle posât	(... that) she was laying
(... que) nous posassions	(... that) we were laying
(... que) vous posassiez	(... that) you were laying
(... que) ils posassent	(... that) they were laying
(... que) elles posassent	(... that) they were laying

Imperative		Scored
pose	Lay
posons	Let's lay
posez	Lay

Present Participle		Scored
posant	laying

Past Participle		Scored
posé	laid

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