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Conjugation of the French verb redouter

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

redouter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
redouter	to dread

Present		Scored
je redoute	I dread
tu redoutes	you dread
il redoute	he dreads
elle redoute	she dreads
nous redoutons	we dread
vous redoutez	you dread
ils redoutent	they dread
elles redoutent	they dread

Imperfect		Scored
je redoutais	I was dreading
tu redoutais	you were dreading
il redoutait	he was dreading
elle redoutait	she was dreading
nous redoutions	we were dreading
vous redoutiez	you were dreading
ils redoutaient	they were dreading
elles redoutaient	they were dreading

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 redoutai	I dreaded
tu redoutas	you dreaded
il redouta	he dreaded
elle redouta	she dreaded
nous redoutâmes	we dreaded
vous redoutâtes	you dreaded
ils redoutèrent	they dreaded
elles redoutèrent	they dreaded

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

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

Future		Scored
je redouterai	I will dread
tu redouteras	you will dread
il redoutera	he will dread
elle redoutera	she will dread
nous redouterons	we will dread
vous redouterez	you will dread
ils redouteront	they will dread
elles redouteront	they will dread

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

Conditional		Scored
je redouterais	I would dread
tu redouterais	you would dread
il redouterait	he would dread
elle redouterait	she would dread
nous redouterions	we would dread
vous redouteriez	you would dread
ils redouteraient	they would dread
elles redouteraient	they would dread

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je redoute	(... that) I dread
(... que) tu redoutes	(... that) you dread
(... que) il redoute	(... that) he dreads
(... que) elle redoute	(... that) she dreads
(... que) nous redoutions	(... that) we dread
(... que) vous redoutiez	(... that) you dread
(... que) ils redoutent	(... that) they dread
(... que) elles redoutent	(... that) they dread

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je redoutasse	(... that) I was dreading
(... que) tu redoutasses	(... that) you were dreading
(... que) il redoutât	(... that) he was dreading
(... que) elle redoutât	(... that) she was dreading
(... que) nous redoutassions	(... that) we were dreading
(... que) vous redoutassiez	(... that) you were dreading
(... que) ils redoutassent	(... that) they were dreading
(... que) elles redoutassent	(... that) they were dreading

Imperative		Scored
redoute	Dread
redoutons	Let's dread
redoutez	Dread

Present Participle		Scored
redoutant	dreading

Past Participle		Scored
redouté	dreaded

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