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Conjugation of the French verb réciter

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

réciter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
réciter	to recite

Present		Scored
je récite	I recite
tu récites	you recite
il récite	he recites
elle récite	she recites
nous récitons	we recite
vous récitez	you recite
ils récitent	they recite
elles récitent	they recite

Imperfect		Scored
je récitais	I was reciting
tu récitais	you were reciting
il récitait	he was reciting
elle récitait	she was reciting
nous récitions	we were reciting
vous récitiez	you were reciting
ils récitaient	they were reciting
elles récitaient	they were reciting

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 récitai	I recited
tu récitas	you recited
il récita	he recited
elle récita	she recited
nous récitâmes	we recited
vous récitâtes	you recited
ils récitèrent	they recited
elles récitèrent	they recited

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

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

Future		Scored
je réciterai	I will recite
tu réciteras	you will recite
il récitera	he will recite
elle récitera	she will recite
nous réciterons	we will recite
vous réciterez	you will recite
ils réciteront	they will recite
elles réciteront	they will recite

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

Conditional		Scored
je réciterais	I would recite
tu réciterais	you would recite
il réciterait	he would recite
elle réciterait	she would recite
nous réciterions	we would recite
vous réciteriez	you would recite
ils réciteraient	they would recite
elles réciteraient	they would recite

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je récite	(... that) I recite
(... que) tu récites	(... that) you recite
(... que) il récite	(... that) he recites
(... que) elle récite	(... that) she recites
(... que) nous récitions	(... that) we recite
(... que) vous récitiez	(... that) you recite
(... que) ils récitent	(... that) they recite
(... que) elles récitent	(... that) they recite

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je récitasse	(... that) I was reciting
(... que) tu récitasses	(... that) you were reciting
(... que) il récitât	(... that) he was reciting
(... que) elle récitât	(... that) she was reciting
(... que) nous récitassions	(... that) we were reciting
(... que) vous récitassiez	(... that) you were reciting
(... que) ils récitassent	(... that) they were reciting
(... que) elles récitassent	(... that) they were reciting

Imperative		Scored
récite	Recite
récitons	Let's recite
récitez	Recite

Present Participle		Scored
récitant	reciting

Past Participle		Scored
récité	recited

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