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Conjugation of the French verb promettre

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

promettre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
promettre	to promise

Present		Scored
je promets	I promise
tu promets	you promise
il promet	he promises
elle promet	she promises
nous promettons	we promise
vous promettez	you promise
ils promettent	they promise
elles promettent	they promise

Imperfect		Scored
je promettais	I was promising
tu promettais	you were promising
il promettait	he was promising
elle promettait	she was promising
nous promettions	we were promising
vous promettiez	you were promising
ils promettaient	they were promising
elles promettaient	they were promising

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 promis	I promised
tu promis	you promised
il promit	he promised
elle promit	she promised
nous promîmes	we promised
vous promîtes	you promised
ils promirent	they promised
elles promirent	they promised

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

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

Future		Scored
je promettrai	I will promise
tu promettras	you will promise
il promettra	he will promise
elle promettra	she will promise
nous promettrons	we will promise
vous promettrez	you will promise
ils promettront	they will promise
elles promettront	they will promise

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

Conditional		Scored
je promettrais	I would promise
tu promettrais	you would promise
il promettrait	he would promise
elle promettrait	she would promise
nous promettrions	we would promise
vous promettriez	you would promise
ils promettraient	they would promise
elles promettraient	they would promise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je promette	(... that) I promise
(... que) tu promettes	(... that) you promise
(... que) il promette	(... that) he promises
(... que) elle promette	(... that) she promises
(... que) nous promettions	(... that) we promise
(... que) vous promettiez	(... that) you promise
(... que) ils promettent	(... that) they promise
(... que) elles promettent	(... that) they promise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je promisse	(... that) I was promising
(... que) tu promisses	(... that) you were promising
(... que) il promît	(... that) he was promising
(... que) elle promît	(... that) she was promising
(... que) nous promissions	(... that) we were promising
(... que) vous promissiez	(... that) you were promising
(... que) ils promissent	(... that) they were promising
(... que) elles promissent	(... that) they were promising

Imperative		Scored
promets	Promise
promettons	Let's promise
promettez	Promise

Present Participle		Scored
promettant	promising

Past Participle		Scored
promis	promised

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