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Conjugation of the French verb prêcher

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

prêcher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
prêcher	to preach

Present		Scored
je prêche	I preach
tu prêches	you preach
il prêche	he preaches
elle prêche	she preaches
nous prêchons	we preach
vous prêchez	you preach
ils prêchent	they preach
elles prêchent	they preach

Imperfect		Scored
je prêchais	I was preaching
tu prêchais	you were preaching
il prêchait	he was preaching
elle prêchait	she was preaching
nous prêchions	we were preaching
vous prêchiez	you were preaching
ils prêchaient	they were preaching
elles prêchaient	they were preaching

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 prêchai	I preached
tu prêchas	you preached
il prêcha	he preached
elle prêcha	she preached
nous prêchâmes	we preached
vous prêchâtes	you preached
ils prêchèrent	they preached
elles prêchèrent	they preached

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

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

Future		Scored
je prêcherai	I will preach
tu prêcheras	you will preach
il prêchera	he will preach
elle prêchera	she will preach
nous prêcherons	we will preach
vous prêcherez	you will preach
ils prêcheront	they will preach
elles prêcheront	they will preach

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

Conditional		Scored
je prêcherais	I would preach
tu prêcherais	you would preach
il prêcherait	he would preach
elle prêcherait	she would preach
nous prêcherions	we would preach
vous prêcheriez	you would preach
ils prêcheraient	they would preach
elles prêcheraient	they would preach

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prêche	(... that) I preach
(... que) tu prêches	(... that) you preach
(... que) il prêche	(... that) he preaches
(... que) elle prêche	(... that) she preaches
(... que) nous prêchions	(... that) we preach
(... que) vous prêchiez	(... that) you preach
(... que) ils prêchent	(... that) they preach
(... que) elles prêchent	(... that) they preach

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prêchasse	(... that) I was preaching
(... que) tu prêchasses	(... that) you were preaching
(... que) il prêchât	(... that) he was preaching
(... que) elle prêchât	(... that) she was preaching
(... que) nous prêchassions	(... that) we were preaching
(... que) vous prêchassiez	(... that) you were preaching
(... que) ils prêchassent	(... that) they were preaching
(... que) elles prêchassent	(... that) they were preaching

Imperative		Scored
prêche	Preach
prêchons	Let's preach
prêchez	Preach

Present Participle		Scored
prêchant	preaching

Past Participle		Scored
prêché	preached

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