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Conjugation of the French verb ralentir

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

ralentir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
ralentir	to slow

Present		Scored
je ralentis	I slow
tu ralentis	you slow
il ralentit	he slows
elle ralentit	she slows
nous ralentissons	we slow
vous ralentissez	you slow
ils ralentissent	they slow
elles ralentissent	they slow

Imperfect		Scored
je ralentissais	I was slowing
tu ralentissais	you were slowing
il ralentissait	he was slowing
elle ralentissait	she was slowing
nous ralentissions	we were slowing
vous ralentissiez	you were slowing
ils ralentissaient	they were slowing
elles ralentissaient	they were slowing

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 ralentis	I slowed
tu ralentis	you slowed
il ralentit	he slowed
elle ralentit	she slowed
nous ralentîmes	we slowed
vous ralentîtes	you slowed
ils ralentirent	they slowed
elles ralentirent	they slowed

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

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

Future		Scored
je ralentirai	I will slow
tu ralentiras	you will slow
il ralentira	he will slow
elle ralentira	she will slow
nous ralentirons	we will slow
vous ralentirez	you will slow
ils ralentiront	they will slow
elles ralentiront	they will slow

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

Conditional		Scored
je ralentirais	I would slow
tu ralentirais	you would slow
il ralentirait	he would slow
elle ralentirait	she would slow
nous ralentirions	we would slow
vous ralentiriez	you would slow
ils ralentiraient	they would slow
elles ralentiraient	they would slow

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je ralentisse	(... that) I slow
(... que) tu ralentisses	(... that) you slow
(... que) il ralentisse	(... that) he slows
(... que) elle ralentisse	(... that) she slows
(... que) nous ralentissions	(... that) we slow
(... que) vous ralentissiez	(... that) you slow
(... que) ils ralentissent	(... that) they slow
(... que) elles ralentissent	(... that) they slow

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je ralentisse	(... that) I was slowing
(... que) tu ralentisses	(... that) you were slowing
(... que) il ralentît	(... that) he was slowing
(... que) elle ralentît	(... that) she was slowing
(... que) nous ralentissions	(... that) we were slowing
(... que) vous ralentissiez	(... that) you were slowing
(... que) ils ralentissent	(... that) they were slowing
(... que) elles ralentissent	(... that) they were slowing

Imperative		Scored
ralentis	Slow
ralentissons	Let's slow
ralentissez	Slow

Present Participle		Scored
ralentissant	slowing

Past Participle		Scored
ralenti	slowed

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