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Conjugation of the French verb protester

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

protester is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
protester	to protest

Present		Scored
je proteste	I protest
tu protestes	you protest
il proteste	he protests
elle proteste	she protests
nous protestons	we protest
vous protestez	you protest
ils protestent	they protest
elles protestent	they protest

Imperfect		Scored
je protestais	I was protesting
tu protestais	you were protesting
il protestait	he was protesting
elle protestait	she was protesting
nous protestions	we were protesting
vous protestiez	you were protesting
ils protestaient	they were protesting
elles protestaient	they were protesting

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 protestai	I protested
tu protestas	you protested
il protesta	he protested
elle protesta	she protested
nous protestâmes	we protested
vous protestâtes	you protested
ils protestèrent	they protested
elles protestèrent	they protested

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

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

Future		Scored
je protesterai	I will protest
tu protesteras	you will protest
il protestera	he will protest
elle protestera	she will protest
nous protesterons	we will protest
vous protesterez	you will protest
ils protesteront	they will protest
elles protesteront	they will protest

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

Conditional		Scored
je protesterais	I would protest
tu protesterais	you would protest
il protesterait	he would protest
elle protesterait	she would protest
nous protesterions	we would protest
vous protesteriez	you would protest
ils protesteraient	they would protest
elles protesteraient	they would protest

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je proteste	(... that) I protest
(... que) tu protestes	(... that) you protest
(... que) il proteste	(... that) he protests
(... que) elle proteste	(... that) she protests
(... que) nous protestions	(... that) we protest
(... que) vous protestiez	(... that) you protest
(... que) ils protestent	(... that) they protest
(... que) elles protestent	(... that) they protest

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je protestasse	(... that) I was protesting
(... que) tu protestasses	(... that) you were protesting
(... que) il protestât	(... that) he was protesting
(... que) elle protestât	(... that) she was protesting
(... que) nous protestassions	(... that) we were protesting
(... que) vous protestassiez	(... that) you were protesting
(... que) ils protestassent	(... that) they were protesting
(... que) elles protestassent	(... that) they were protesting

Imperative		Scored
proteste	Protest
protestons	Let's protest
protestez	Protest

Present Participle		Scored
protestant	protesting

Past Participle		Scored
protesté	protested

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