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Conjugation of the French verb recommencer

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

recommencer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
recommencer	to restart

Present		Scored
je recommence	I restart
tu recommences	you restart
il recommence	he restarts
elle recommence	she restarts
nous recommençons	we restart
vous recommencez	you restart
ils recommencent	they restart
elles recommencent	they restart

Imperfect		Scored
je recommençais	I was restarting
tu recommençais	you were restarting
il recommençait	he was restarting
elle recommençait	she was restarting
nous recommencions	we were restarting
vous recommenciez	you were restarting
ils recommençaient	they were restarting
elles recommençaient	they were restarting

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 recommençai	I restarted
tu recommenças	you restarted
il recommença	he restarted
elle recommença	she restarted
nous recommençâmes	we restarted
vous recommençâtes	you restarted
ils recommencèrent	they restarted
elles recommencèrent	they restarted

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

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

Future		Scored
je recommencerai	I will restart
tu recommenceras	you will restart
il recommencera	he will restart
elle recommencera	she will restart
nous recommencerons	we will restart
vous recommencerez	you will restart
ils recommenceront	they will restart
elles recommenceront	they will restart

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

Conditional		Scored
je recommencerais	I would restart
tu recommencerais	you would restart
il recommencerait	he would restart
elle recommencerait	she would restart
nous recommencerions	we would restart
vous recommenceriez	you would restart
ils recommenceraient	they would restart
elles recommenceraient	they would restart

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je recommence	(... that) I restart
(... que) tu recommences	(... that) you restart
(... que) il recommence	(... that) he restarts
(... que) elle recommence	(... that) she restarts
(... que) nous recommencions	(... that) we restart
(... que) vous recommenciez	(... that) you restart
(... que) ils recommencent	(... that) they restart
(... que) elles recommencent	(... that) they restart

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je recommençasse	(... that) I was restarting
(... que) tu recommençasses	(... that) you were restarting
(... que) il recommençât	(... that) he was restarting
(... que) elle recommençât	(... that) she was restarting
(... que) nous recommençassions	(... that) we were restarting
(... que) vous recommençassiez	(... that) you were restarting
(... que) ils recommençassent	(... that) they were restarting
(... que) elles recommençassent	(... that) they were restarting

Imperative		Scored
recommence	Restart
recommençons	Let's restart
recommencez	Restart

Present Participle		Scored
recommençant	restarting

Past Participle		Scored
recommencé	restarted

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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