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Conjugation of the French verb rêver

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

rêver is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
rêver	to dream

Present		Scored
je rêve	I dream
tu rêves	you dream
il rêve	he dreams
elle rêve	she dreams
nous rêvons	we dream
vous rêvez	you dream
ils rêvent	they dream
elles rêvent	they dream

Imperfect		Scored
je rêvais	I was dreaming
tu rêvais	you were dreaming
il rêvait	he was dreaming
elle rêvait	she was dreaming
nous rêvions	we were dreaming
vous rêviez	you were dreaming
ils rêvaient	they were dreaming
elles rêvaient	they were dreaming

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 rêvai	I dreamed
tu rêvas	you dreamed
il rêva	he dreamed
elle rêva	she dreamed
nous rêvâmes	we dreamed
vous rêvâtes	you dreamed
ils rêvèrent	they dreamed
elles rêvèrent	they dreamed

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

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

Future		Scored
je rêverai	I will dream
tu rêveras	you will dream
il rêvera	he will dream
elle rêvera	she will dream
nous rêverons	we will dream
vous rêverez	you will dream
ils rêveront	they will dream
elles rêveront	they will dream

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

Conditional		Scored
je rêverais	I would dream
tu rêverais	you would dream
il rêverait	he would dream
elle rêverait	she would dream
nous rêverions	we would dream
vous rêveriez	you would dream
ils rêveraient	they would dream
elles rêveraient	they would dream

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je rêve	(... that) I dream
(... que) tu rêves	(... that) you dream
(... que) il rêve	(... that) he dreams
(... que) elle rêve	(... that) she dreams
(... que) nous rêvions	(... that) we dream
(... que) vous rêviez	(... that) you dream
(... que) ils rêvent	(... that) they dream
(... que) elles rêvent	(... that) they dream

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je rêvasse	(... that) I was dreaming
(... que) tu rêvasses	(... that) you were dreaming
(... que) il rêvât	(... that) he was dreaming
(... que) elle rêvât	(... that) she was dreaming
(... que) nous rêvassions	(... that) we were dreaming
(... que) vous rêvassiez	(... that) you were dreaming
(... que) ils rêvassent	(... that) they were dreaming
(... que) elles rêvassent	(... that) they were dreaming

Imperative		Scored
rêve	Dream
rêvons	Let's dream
rêvez	Dream

Present Participle		Scored
rêvant	dreaming

Past Participle		Scored
rêvé	dreamed

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