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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 take back

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

Imperfect		Scored
je reprenais	I was taking back
tu reprenais	you were taking back
il reprenait	he was taking back
elle reprenait	she was taking back
nous reprenions	we were taking back
vous repreniez	you were taking back
ils reprenaient	they were taking back
elles reprenaient	they were taking 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 repris	I took back
tu repris	you took back
il reprit	he took back
elle reprit	she took back
nous reprîmes	we took back
vous reprîtes	you took back
ils reprirent	they took back
elles reprirent	they took back

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

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

Future		Scored
je reprendrai	I will take back
tu reprendras	you will take back
il reprendra	he will take back
elle reprendra	she will take back
nous reprendrons	we will take back
vous reprendrez	you will take back
ils reprendront	they will take back
elles reprendront	they will take 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 repris	I will have taken back
tu auras repris	you will have taken back
il aura repris	he will have taken back
elle aura repris	she will have taken back
nous aurons repris	we will have taken back
vous aurez repris	you will have taken back
ils auront repris	they will have taken back
elles auront repris	they will have taken back

Conditional		Scored
je reprendrais	I would take back
tu reprendrais	you would take back
il reprendrait	he would take back
elle reprendrait	she would take back
nous reprendrions	we would take back
vous reprendriez	you would take back
ils reprendraient	they would take back
elles reprendraient	they would take 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 repris	I would have taken back
tu aurais repris	you would have taken back
il aurait repris	he would have taken back
elle aurait repris	she would have taken back
nous aurions repris	we would have taken back
vous auriez repris	you would have taken back
ils auraient repris	they would have taken back
elles auraient repris	they would have taken back

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

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

Imperative		Scored
reprends	Take back
reprenons	Let's take back
reprenez	Take back

Present Participle		Scored
reprenant	taking back

Past Participle		Scored
repris	taken back

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