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Conjugation of the French verb reprendre

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

reprendre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
reprendre	to resume

Present		Scored
je reprends	I resume
tu reprends	you resume
il reprend	he resumes
elle reprend	she resumes
nous reprenons	we resume
vous reprenez	you resume
ils reprennent	they resume
elles reprennent	they resume

Imperfect		Scored
je reprenais	I was resuming
tu reprenais	you were resuming
il reprenait	he was resuming
elle reprenait	she was resuming
nous reprenions	we were resuming
vous repreniez	you were resuming
ils reprenaient	they were resuming
elles reprenaient	they were resuming

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 repris	I resumed
tu repris	you resumed
il reprit	he resumed
elle reprit	she resumed
nous reprîmes	we resumed
vous reprîtes	you resumed
ils reprirent	they resumed
elles reprirent	they resumed

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

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

Future		Scored
je reprendrai	I will resume
tu reprendras	you will resume
il reprendra	he will resume
elle reprendra	she will resume
nous reprendrons	we will resume
vous reprendrez	you will resume
ils reprendront	they will resume
elles reprendront	they will resume

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

Conditional		Scored
je reprendrais	I would resume
tu reprendrais	you would resume
il reprendrait	he would resume
elle reprendrait	she would resume
nous reprendrions	we would resume
vous reprendriez	you would resume
ils reprendraient	they would resume
elles reprendraient	they would resume

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je reprenne	(... that) I resume
(... que) tu reprennes	(... that) you resume
(... que) il reprenne	(... that) he resumes
(... que) elle reprenne	(... that) she resumes
(... que) nous reprenions	(... that) we resume
(... que) vous repreniez	(... that) you resume
(... que) ils reprennent	(... that) they resume
(... que) elles reprennent	(... that) they resume

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je reprisse	(... that) I was resuming
(... que) tu reprisses	(... that) you were resuming
(... que) il reprît	(... that) he was resuming
(... que) elle reprît	(... that) she was resuming
(... que) nous reprissions	(... that) we were resuming
(... que) vous reprissiez	(... that) you were resuming
(... que) ils reprissent	(... that) they were resuming
(... que) elles reprissent	(... that) they were resuming

Imperative		Scored
reprends	Resume
reprenons	Let's resume
reprenez	Resume

Present Participle		Scored
reprenant	resuming

Past Participle		Scored
repris	resumed

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