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Conjugation of the French verb pénétrer

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

pénétrer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
pénétrer	to penetrate

Present		Scored
je pénètre	I penetrate
tu pénètres	you penetrate
il pénètre	he penetrates
elle pénètre	she penetrates
nous pénétrons	we penetrate
vous pénétrez	you penetrate
ils pénètrent	they penetrate
elles pénètrent	they penetrate

Imperfect		Scored
je pénétrais	I was penetrating
tu pénétrais	you were penetrating
il pénétrait	he was penetrating
elle pénétrait	she was penetrating
nous pénétrions	we were penetrating
vous pénétriez	you were penetrating
ils pénétraient	they were penetrating
elles pénétraient	they were penetrating

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 pénétrai	I penetrated
tu pénétras	you penetrated
il pénétra	he penetrated
elle pénétra	she penetrated
nous pénétrâmes	we penetrated
vous pénétrâtes	you penetrated
ils pénétrèrent	they penetrated
elles pénétrèrent	they penetrated

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

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

Future		Scored
je pénètrerai	I will penetrate
tu pénètreras	you will penetrate
il pénètrera	he will penetrate
elle pénètrera	she will penetrate
nous pénètrerons	we will penetrate
vous pénètrerez	you will penetrate
ils pénètreront	they will penetrate
elles pénètreront	they will penetrate

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

Conditional		Scored
je pénètrerais	I would penetrate
tu pénètrerais	you would penetrate
il pénètrerait	he would penetrate
elle pénètrerait	she would penetrate
nous pénètrerions	we would penetrate
vous pénètreriez	you would penetrate
ils pénètreraient	they would penetrate
elles pénètreraient	they would penetrate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pénètre	(... that) I penetrate
(... que) tu pénètres	(... that) you penetrate
(... que) il pénètre	(... that) he penetrates
(... que) elle pénètre	(... that) she penetrates
(... que) nous pénétrions	(... that) we penetrate
(... que) vous pénétriez	(... that) you penetrate
(... que) ils pénètrent	(... that) they penetrate
(... que) elles pénètrent	(... that) they penetrate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pénétrasse	(... that) I was penetrating
(... que) tu pénétrasses	(... that) you were penetrating
(... que) il pénétrât	(... that) he was penetrating
(... que) elle pénétrât	(... that) she was penetrating
(... que) nous pénétrassions	(... that) we were penetrating
(... que) vous pénétrassiez	(... that) you were penetrating
(... que) ils pénétrassent	(... that) they were penetrating
(... que) elles pénétrassent	(... that) they were penetrating

Imperative		Scored
pénètre	Penetrate
pénétrons	Let's penetrate
pénétrez	Penetrate

Present Participle		Scored
pénétrant	penetrating

Past Participle		Scored
pénétré	penetrated

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