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Conjugation of the French verb respirer

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

respirer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
respirer	to breathe

Present		Scored
je respire	I breathe
tu respires	you breathe
il respire	he breathes
elle respire	she breathes
nous respirons	we breathe
vous respirez	you breathe
ils respirent	they breathe
elles respirent	they breathe

Imperfect		Scored
je respirais	I was breathing
tu respirais	you were breathing
il respirait	he was breathing
elle respirait	she was breathing
nous respirions	we were breathing
vous respiriez	you were breathing
ils respiraient	they were breathing
elles respiraient	they were breathing

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 respirai	I breathed
tu respiras	you breathed
il respira	he breathed
elle respira	she breathed
nous respirâmes	we breathed
vous respirâtes	you breathed
ils respirèrent	they breathed
elles respirèrent	they breathed

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

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

Future		Scored
je respirerai	I will breathe
tu respireras	you will breathe
il respirera	he will breathe
elle respirera	she will breathe
nous respirerons	we will breathe
vous respirerez	you will breathe
ils respireront	they will breathe
elles respireront	they will breathe

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

Conditional		Scored
je respirerais	I would breathe
tu respirerais	you would breathe
il respirerait	he would breathe
elle respirerait	she would breathe
nous respirerions	we would breathe
vous respireriez	you would breathe
ils respireraient	they would breathe
elles respireraient	they would breathe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je respire	(... that) I breathe
(... que) tu respires	(... that) you breathe
(... que) il respire	(... that) he breathes
(... que) elle respire	(... that) she breathes
(... que) nous respirions	(... that) we breathe
(... que) vous respiriez	(... that) you breathe
(... que) ils respirent	(... that) they breathe
(... que) elles respirent	(... that) they breathe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je respirasse	(... that) I was breathing
(... que) tu respirasses	(... that) you were breathing
(... que) il respirât	(... that) he was breathing
(... que) elle respirât	(... that) she was breathing
(... que) nous respirassions	(... that) we were breathing
(... que) vous respirassiez	(... that) you were breathing
(... que) ils respirassent	(... that) they were breathing
(... que) elles respirassent	(... that) they were breathing

Imperative		Scored
respire	Breathe
respirons	Let's breathe
respirez	Breathe

Present Participle		Scored
respirant	breathing

Past Participle		Scored
respiré	breathed

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