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Conjugation of the French verb régner

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

régner is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
régner	to reign

Present		Scored
je règne	I reign
tu règnes	you reign
il règne	he reigns
elle règne	she reigns
nous régnons	we reign
vous régnez	you reign
ils règnent	they reign
elles règnent	they reign

Imperfect		Scored
je régnais	I was reigning
tu régnais	you were reigning
il régnait	he was reigning
elle régnait	she was reigning
nous régnions	we were reigning
vous régniez	you were reigning
ils régnaient	they were reigning
elles régnaient	they were reigning

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 régnai	I reigned
tu régnas	you reigned
il régna	he reigned
elle régna	she reigned
nous régnâmes	we reigned
vous régnâtes	you reigned
ils régnèrent	they reigned
elles régnèrent	they reigned

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

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

Future		Scored
je règnerai	I will reign
tu règneras	you will reign
il règnera	he will reign
elle règnera	she will reign
nous règnerons	we will reign
vous règnerez	you will reign
ils règneront	they will reign
elles règneront	they will reign

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

Conditional		Scored
je règnerais	I would reign
tu règnerais	you would reign
il règnerait	he would reign
elle règnerait	she would reign
nous règnerions	we would reign
vous règneriez	you would reign
ils règneraient	they would reign
elles règneraient	they would reign

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je règne	(... that) I reign
(... que) tu règnes	(... that) you reign
(... que) il règne	(... that) he reigns
(... que) elle règne	(... that) she reigns
(... que) nous régnions	(... that) we reign
(... que) vous régniez	(... that) you reign
(... que) ils règnent	(... that) they reign
(... que) elles règnent	(... that) they reign

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je régnasse	(... that) I was reigning
(... que) tu régnasses	(... that) you were reigning
(... que) il régnât	(... that) he was reigning
(... que) elle régnât	(... that) she was reigning
(... que) nous régnassions	(... that) we were reigning
(... que) vous régnassiez	(... that) you were reigning
(... que) ils régnassent	(... that) they were reigning
(... que) elles régnassent	(... that) they were reigning

Imperative		Scored
règne	Reign
régnons	Let's reign
régnez	Reign

Present Participle		Scored
régnant	reigning

Past Participle		Scored
régné	reigned

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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