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Conjugation of the French verb prétendre

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

prétendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
prétendre	to claim

Present		Scored
je prétends	I claim
tu prétends	you claim
il prétend	he claims
elle prétend	she claims
nous prétendons	we claim
vous prétendez	you claim
ils prétendent	they claim
elles prétendent	they claim

Imperfect		Scored
je prétendais	I was claiming
tu prétendais	you were claiming
il prétendait	he was claiming
elle prétendait	she was claiming
nous prétendions	we were claiming
vous prétendiez	you were claiming
ils prétendaient	they were claiming
elles prétendaient	they were claiming

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 prétendis	I claimed
tu prétendis	you claimed
il prétendit	he claimed
elle prétendit	she claimed
nous prétendîmes	we claimed
vous prétendîtes	you claimed
ils prétendirent	they claimed
elles prétendirent	they claimed

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

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

Future		Scored
je prétendrai	I will claim
tu prétendras	you will claim
il prétendra	he will claim
elle prétendra	she will claim
nous prétendrons	we will claim
vous prétendrez	you will claim
ils prétendront	they will claim
elles prétendront	they will claim

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

Conditional		Scored
je prétendrais	I would claim
tu prétendrais	you would claim
il prétendrait	he would claim
elle prétendrait	she would claim
nous prétendrions	we would claim
vous prétendriez	you would claim
ils prétendraient	they would claim
elles prétendraient	they would claim

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prétende	(... that) I claim
(... que) tu prétendes	(... that) you claim
(... que) il prétende	(... that) he claims
(... que) elle prétende	(... that) she claims
(... que) nous prétendions	(... that) we claim
(... que) vous prétendiez	(... that) you claim
(... que) ils prétendent	(... that) they claim
(... que) elles prétendent	(... that) they claim

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prétendisse	(... that) I was claiming
(... que) tu prétendisses	(... that) you were claiming
(... que) il prétendît	(... that) he was claiming
(... que) elle prétendît	(... that) she was claiming
(... que) nous prétendissions	(... that) we were claiming
(... que) vous prétendissiez	(... that) you were claiming
(... que) ils prétendissent	(... that) they were claiming
(... que) elles prétendissent	(... that) they were claiming

Imperative		Scored
prétends	Claim
prétendons	Let's claim
prétendez	Claim

Present Participle		Scored
prétendant	claiming

Past Participle		Scored
prétendu	claimed

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Irregular conjugation

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