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Conjugation of the French verb protéger

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

protéger is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
protéger	to protect

Present		Scored
je protège	I protect
tu protèges	you protect
il protège	he protects
elle protège	she protects
nous protégeons	we protect
vous protégez	you protect
ils protègent	they protect
elles protègent	they protect

Imperfect		Scored
je protégeais	I was protecting
tu protégeais	you were protecting
il protégeait	he was protecting
elle protégeait	she was protecting
nous protégions	we were protecting
vous protégiez	you were protecting
ils protégeaient	they were protecting
elles protégeaient	they were protecting

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 protégeai	I protected
tu protégeas	you protected
il protégea	he protected
elle protégea	she protected
nous protégeâmes	we protected
vous protégeâtes	you protected
ils protégèrent	they protected
elles protégèrent	they protected

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

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

Future		Scored
je protègerai	I will protect
tu protègeras	you will protect
il protègera	he will protect
elle protègera	she will protect
nous protègerons	we will protect
vous protègerez	you will protect
ils protègeront	they will protect
elles protègeront	they will protect

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

Conditional		Scored
je protègerais	I would protect
tu protègerais	you would protect
il protègerait	he would protect
elle protègerait	she would protect
nous protègerions	we would protect
vous protègeriez	you would protect
ils protègeraient	they would protect
elles protègeraient	they would protect

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je protège	(... that) I protect
(... que) tu protèges	(... that) you protect
(... que) il protège	(... that) he protects
(... que) elle protège	(... that) she protects
(... que) nous protégions	(... that) we protect
(... que) vous protégiez	(... that) you protect
(... que) ils protègent	(... that) they protect
(... que) elles protègent	(... that) they protect

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je protégeasse	(... that) I was protecting
(... que) tu protégeasses	(... that) you were protecting
(... que) il protégeât	(... that) he was protecting
(... que) elle protégeât	(... that) she was protecting
(... que) nous protégeassions	(... that) we were protecting
(... que) vous protégeassiez	(... that) you were protecting
(... que) ils protégeassent	(... that) they were protecting
(... que) elles protégeassent	(... that) they were protecting

Imperative		Scored
protège	Protect
protégeons	Let's protect
protégez	Protect

Present Participle		Scored
protégeant	protecting

Past Participle		Scored
protégé	protected

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