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Conjugation of the French verb regretter

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

regretter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
regretter	to regret

Present		Scored
je regrette	I regret
tu regrettes	you regret
il regrette	he regrets
elle regrette	she regrets
nous regrettons	we regret
vous regrettez	you regret
ils regrettent	they regret
elles regrettent	they regret

Imperfect		Scored
je regrettais	I was regretting
tu regrettais	you were regretting
il regrettait	he was regretting
elle regrettait	she was regretting
nous regrettions	we were regretting
vous regrettiez	you were regretting
ils regrettaient	they were regretting
elles regrettaient	they were regretting

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 regrettai	I regretted
tu regrettas	you regretted
il regretta	he regretted
elle regretta	she regretted
nous regrettâmes	we regretted
vous regrettâtes	you regretted
ils regrettèrent	they regretted
elles regrettèrent	they regretted

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

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

Future		Scored
je regretterai	I will regret
tu regretteras	you will regret
il regrettera	he will regret
elle regrettera	she will regret
nous regretterons	we will regret
vous regretterez	you will regret
ils regretteront	they will regret
elles regretteront	they will regret

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

Conditional		Scored
je regretterais	I would regret
tu regretterais	you would regret
il regretterait	he would regret
elle regretterait	she would regret
nous regretterions	we would regret
vous regretteriez	you would regret
ils regretteraient	they would regret
elles regretteraient	they would regret

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je regrette	(... that) I regret
(... que) tu regrettes	(... that) you regret
(... que) il regrette	(... that) he regrets
(... que) elle regrette	(... that) she regrets
(... que) nous regrettions	(... that) we regret
(... que) vous regrettiez	(... that) you regret
(... que) ils regrettent	(... that) they regret
(... que) elles regrettent	(... that) they regret

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je regrettasse	(... that) I was regretting
(... que) tu regrettasses	(... that) you were regretting
(... que) il regrettât	(... that) he was regretting
(... que) elle regrettât	(... that) she was regretting
(... que) nous regrettassions	(... that) we were regretting
(... que) vous regrettassiez	(... that) you were regretting
(... que) ils regrettassent	(... that) they were regretting
(... que) elles regrettassent	(... that) they were regretting

Imperative		Scored
regrette	Regret
regrettons	Let's regret
regrettez	Regret

Present Participle		Scored
regrettant	regretting

Past Participle		Scored
regretté	regretted

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