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Conjugation of the French verb retirer

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

retirer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
retirer	to remove

Present		Scored
je retire	I remove
tu retires	you remove
il retire	he removes
elle retire	she removes
nous retirons	we remove
vous retirez	you remove
ils retirent	they remove
elles retirent	they remove

Imperfect		Scored
je retirais	I was removing
tu retirais	you were removing
il retirait	he was removing
elle retirait	she was removing
nous retirions	we were removing
vous retiriez	you were removing
ils retiraient	they were removing
elles retiraient	they were removing

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 retirai	I removed
tu retiras	you removed
il retira	he removed
elle retira	she removed
nous retirâmes	we removed
vous retirâtes	you removed
ils retirèrent	they removed
elles retirèrent	they removed

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

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

Future		Scored
je retirerai	I will remove
tu retireras	you will remove
il retirera	he will remove
elle retirera	she will remove
nous retirerons	we will remove
vous retirerez	you will remove
ils retireront	they will remove
elles retireront	they will remove

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

Conditional		Scored
je retirerais	I would remove
tu retirerais	you would remove
il retirerait	he would remove
elle retirerait	she would remove
nous retirerions	we would remove
vous retireriez	you would remove
ils retireraient	they would remove
elles retireraient	they would remove

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je retire	(... that) I remove
(... que) tu retires	(... that) you remove
(... que) il retire	(... that) he removes
(... que) elle retire	(... that) she removes
(... que) nous retirions	(... that) we remove
(... que) vous retiriez	(... that) you remove
(... que) ils retirent	(... that) they remove
(... que) elles retirent	(... that) they remove

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je retirasse	(... that) I was removing
(... que) tu retirasses	(... that) you were removing
(... que) il retirât	(... that) he was removing
(... que) elle retirât	(... that) she was removing
(... que) nous retirassions	(... that) we were removing
(... que) vous retirassiez	(... that) you were removing
(... que) ils retirassent	(... that) they were removing
(... que) elles retirassent	(... that) they were removing

Imperative		Scored
retire	Remove
retirons	Let's remove
retirez	Remove

Present Participle		Scored
retirant	removing

Past Participle		Scored
retiré	removed

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