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Conjugation of the French verb reculer

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

reculer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
reculer	to move back

Present		Scored
je recule	I move back
tu recules	you move back
il recule	he moves back
elle recule	she moves back
nous reculons	we move back
vous reculez	you move back
ils reculent	they move back
elles reculent	they move back

Imperfect		Scored
je reculais	I was moving back
tu reculais	you were moving back
il reculait	he was moving back
elle reculait	she was moving back
nous reculions	we were moving back
vous reculiez	you were moving back
ils reculaient	they were moving back
elles reculaient	they were moving back

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 reculai	I moved back
tu reculas	you moved back
il recula	he moved back
elle recula	she moved back
nous reculâmes	we moved back
vous reculâtes	you moved back
ils reculèrent	they moved back
elles reculèrent	they moved back

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

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

Future		Scored
je reculerai	I will move back
tu reculeras	you will move back
il reculera	he will move back
elle reculera	she will move back
nous reculerons	we will move back
vous reculerez	you will move back
ils reculeront	they will move back
elles reculeront	they will move back

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

Conditional		Scored
je reculerais	I would move back
tu reculerais	you would move back
il reculerait	he would move back
elle reculerait	she would move back
nous reculerions	we would move back
vous reculeriez	you would move back
ils reculeraient	they would move back
elles reculeraient	they would move back

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je recule	(... that) I move back
(... que) tu recules	(... that) you move back
(... que) il recule	(... that) he moves back
(... que) elle recule	(... that) she moves back
(... que) nous reculions	(... that) we move back
(... que) vous reculiez	(... that) you move back
(... que) ils reculent	(... that) they move back
(... que) elles reculent	(... that) they move back

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je reculasse	(... that) I was moving back
(... que) tu reculasses	(... that) you were moving back
(... que) il reculât	(... that) he was moving back
(... que) elle reculât	(... that) she was moving back
(... que) nous reculassions	(... that) we were moving back
(... que) vous reculassiez	(... that) you were moving back
(... que) ils reculassent	(... that) they were moving back
(... que) elles reculassent	(... that) they were moving back

Imperative		Scored
recule	Move back
XX	back
XX	back
reculons	Let's move back
reculez	Move back
XX	back
XX	back

Present Participle		Scored
reculant	moving back

Past Participle		Scored
reculé	moved back

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