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Conjugation of the French verb raconter

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



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
raconterto tell

PresentScored
je raconteI tell
tu racontesyou tell
il racontehe tells
elle raconteshe tells
nous racontonswe tell
vous racontezyou tell
ils racontentthey tell
elles racontentthey tell

ImperfectScored
je racontaisI was telling
tu racontaisyou were telling
il racontaithe was telling
elle racontaitshe was telling
nous racontionswe were telling
vous racontiezyou were telling
ils racontaientthey were telling
elles racontaientthey were telling

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 racontaiI told
tu racontasyou told
il racontahe told
elle racontashe told
nous racontâmeswe told
vous racontâtesyou told
ils racontèrentthey told
elles racontèrentthey told

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai racontéI have told
tu as racontéyou have told
il a racontéhe has told
elle a racontéshe has told
nous avons racontéwe have told
vous avez racontéyou have told
ils ont racontéthey have told
elles ont racontéthey have told

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais racontéI had told
tu avais racontéyou had told
il avait racontéhe had told
elle avait racontéshe had told
nous avions racontéwe had told
vous aviez racontéyou had told
ils avaient racontéthey had told
elles avaient racontéthey had told

FutureScored
je raconteraiI will tell
tu raconterasyou will tell
il raconterahe will tell
elle raconterashe will tell
nous raconteronswe will tell
vous raconterezyou will tell
ils raconterontthey will tell
elles raconterontthey will tell

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 racontéI will have told
tu auras racontéyou will have told
il aura racontéhe will have told
elle aura racontéshe will have told
nous aurons racontéwe will have told
vous aurez racontéyou will have told
ils auront racontéthey will have told
elles auront racontéthey will have told

ConditionalScored
je raconteraisI would tell
tu raconteraisyou would tell
il raconteraithe would tell
elle raconteraitshe would tell
nous raconterionswe would tell
vous raconteriezyou would tell
ils raconteraientthey would tell
elles raconteraientthey would tell

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 racontéI would have told
tu aurais racontéyou would have told
il aurait racontéhe would have told
elle aurait racontéshe would have told
nous aurions racontéwe would have told
vous auriez racontéyou would have told
ils auraient racontéthey would have told
elles auraient racontéthey would have told

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je raconte(... that) I tell
(... que) tu racontes(... that) you tell
(... que) il raconte(... that) he tells
(... que) elle raconte(... that) she tells
(... que) nous racontions(... that) we tell
(... que) vous racontiez(... that) you tell
(... que) ils racontent(... that) they tell
(... que) elles racontent(... that) they tell

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je racontasse(... that) I was telling
(... que) tu racontasses(... that) you were telling
(... que) il racontât(... that) he was telling
(... que) elle racontât(... that) she was telling
(... que) nous racontassions(... that) we were telling
(... que) vous racontassiez(... that) you were telling
(... que) ils racontassent(... that) they were telling
(... que) elles racontassent(... that) they were telling

ImperativeScored
raconte Tell
racontonsLet's tell
racontez Tell

Present ParticipleScored
racontant telling

Past ParticipleScored
raconté told

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