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Conjugation of the French verb respecter

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

respecter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
respecter	to respect

Present		Scored
je respecte	I respect
tu respectes	you respect
il respecte	he respects
elle respecte	she respects
nous respectons	we respect
vous respectez	you respect
ils respectent	they respect
elles respectent	they respect

Imperfect		Scored
je respectais	I was respecting
tu respectais	you were respecting
il respectait	he was respecting
elle respectait	she was respecting
nous respections	we were respecting
vous respectiez	you were respecting
ils respectaient	they were respecting
elles respectaient	they were respecting

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 respectai	I respected
tu respectas	you respected
il respecta	he respected
elle respecta	she respected
nous respectâmes	we respected
vous respectâtes	you respected
ils respectèrent	they respected
elles respectèrent	they respected

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

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

Future		Scored
je respecterai	I will respect
tu respecteras	you will respect
il respectera	he will respect
elle respectera	she will respect
nous respecterons	we will respect
vous respecterez	you will respect
ils respecteront	they will respect
elles respecteront	they will respect

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

Conditional		Scored
je respecterais	I would respect
tu respecterais	you would respect
il respecterait	he would respect
elle respecterait	she would respect
nous respecterions	we would respect
vous respecteriez	you would respect
ils respecteraient	they would respect
elles respecteraient	they would respect

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je respecte	(... that) I respect
(... que) tu respectes	(... that) you respect
(... que) il respecte	(... that) he respects
(... que) elle respecte	(... that) she respects
(... que) nous respections	(... that) we respect
(... que) vous respectiez	(... that) you respect
(... que) ils respectent	(... that) they respect
(... que) elles respectent	(... that) they respect

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je respectasse	(... that) I was respecting
(... que) tu respectasses	(... that) you were respecting
(... que) il respectât	(... that) he was respecting
(... que) elle respectât	(... that) she was respecting
(... que) nous respectassions	(... that) we were respecting
(... que) vous respectassiez	(... that) you were respecting
(... que) ils respectassent	(... that) they were respecting
(... que) elles respectassent	(... that) they were respecting

Imperative		Scored
respecte	Respect
respectons	Let's respect
respectez	Respect

Present Participle		Scored
respectant	respecting

Past Participle		Scored
respecté	respected

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