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Conjugation of the French verb préparer

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

préparer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
préparer	to prepare

Present		Scored
je prépare	I prepare
tu prépares	you prepare
il prépare	he prepares
elle prépare	she prepares
nous préparons	we prepare
vous préparez	you prepare
ils préparent	they prepare
elles préparent	they prepare

Imperfect		Scored
je préparais	I was preparing
tu préparais	you were preparing
il préparait	he was preparing
elle préparait	she was preparing
nous préparions	we were preparing
vous prépariez	you were preparing
ils préparaient	they were preparing
elles préparaient	they were preparing

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 préparai	I prepared
tu préparas	you prepared
il prépara	he prepared
elle prépara	she prepared
nous préparâmes	we prepared
vous préparâtes	you prepared
ils préparèrent	they prepared
elles préparèrent	they prepared

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

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

Future		Scored
je préparerai	I will prepare
tu prépareras	you will prepare
il préparera	he will prepare
elle préparera	she will prepare
nous préparerons	we will prepare
vous préparerez	you will prepare
ils prépareront	they will prepare
elles prépareront	they will prepare

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

Conditional		Scored
je préparerais	I would prepare
tu préparerais	you would prepare
il préparerait	he would prepare
elle préparerait	she would prepare
nous préparerions	we would prepare
vous prépareriez	you would prepare
ils prépareraient	they would prepare
elles prépareraient	they would prepare

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prépare	(... that) I prepare
(... que) tu prépares	(... that) you prepare
(... que) il prépare	(... that) he prepares
(... que) elle prépare	(... that) she prepares
(... que) nous préparions	(... that) we prepare
(... que) vous prépariez	(... that) you prepare
(... que) ils préparent	(... that) they prepare
(... que) elles préparent	(... that) they prepare

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je préparasse	(... that) I was preparing
(... que) tu préparasses	(... that) you were preparing
(... que) il préparât	(... that) he was preparing
(... que) elle préparât	(... that) she was preparing
(... que) nous préparassions	(... that) we were preparing
(... que) vous préparassiez	(... that) you were preparing
(... que) ils préparassent	(... that) they were preparing
(... que) elles préparassent	(... that) they were preparing

Imperative		Scored
prépare	Prepare
préparons	Let's prepare
préparez	Prepare

Present Participle		Scored
préparant	preparing

Past Participle		Scored
préparé	prepared

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