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Conjugation of the French verb réduire

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

réduire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
réduire	to reduce

Present		Scored
je réduis	I reduce
tu réduis	you reduce
il réduit	he reduces
elle réduit	she reduces
nous réduisons	we reduce
vous réduisez	you reduce
ils réduisent	they reduce
elles réduisent	they reduce

Imperfect		Scored
je réduisais	I was reducing
tu réduisais	you were reducing
il réduisait	he was reducing
elle réduisait	she was reducing
nous réduisions	we were reducing
vous réduisiez	you were reducing
ils réduisaient	they were reducing
elles réduisaient	they were reducing

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 réduisis	I reduced
tu réduisis	you reduced
il réduisit	he reduced
elle réduisit	she reduced
nous réduisîmes	we reduced
vous réduisîtes	you reduced
ils réduisirent	they reduced
elles réduisirent	they reduced

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

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

Future		Scored
je réduirai	I will reduce
tu réduiras	you will reduce
il réduira	he will reduce
elle réduira	she will reduce
nous réduirons	we will reduce
vous réduirez	you will reduce
ils réduiront	they will reduce
elles réduiront	they will reduce

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

Conditional		Scored
je réduirais	I would reduce
tu réduirais	you would reduce
il réduirait	he would reduce
elle réduirait	she would reduce
nous réduirions	we would reduce
vous réduiriez	you would reduce
ils réduiraient	they would reduce
elles réduiraient	they would reduce

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je réduise	(... that) I reduce
(... que) tu réduises	(... that) you reduce
(... que) il réduise	(... that) he reduces
(... que) elle réduise	(... that) she reduces
(... que) nous réduisions	(... that) we reduce
(... que) vous réduisiez	(... that) you reduce
(... que) ils réduisent	(... that) they reduce
(... que) elles réduisent	(... that) they reduce

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je réduisisse	(... that) I was reducing
(... que) tu réduisisses	(... that) you were reducing
(... que) il réduisît	(... that) he was reducing
(... que) elle réduisît	(... that) she was reducing
(... que) nous réduisissions	(... that) we were reducing
(... que) vous réduisissiez	(... that) you were reducing
(... que) ils réduisissent	(... that) they were reducing
(... que) elles réduisissent	(... that) they were reducing

Imperative		Scored
réduis	Reduce
réduisons	Let's reduce
réduisez	Reduce

Present Participle		Scored
réduisant	reducing

Past Participle		Scored
réduit	reduced

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