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Conjugation of the French verb saluer

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

saluer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
saluer	to greet

Present		Scored
je salue	I greet
tu salues	you greet
il salue	he greets
elle salue	she greets
nous saluons	we greet
vous saluez	you greet
ils saluent	they greet
elles saluent	they greet

Imperfect		Scored
je saluais	I was greeting
tu saluais	you were greeting
il saluait	he was greeting
elle saluait	she was greeting
nous saluions	we were greeting
vous saluiez	you were greeting
ils saluaient	they were greeting
elles saluaient	they were greeting

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 saluai	I greeted
tu saluas	you greeted
il salua	he greeted
elle salua	she greeted
nous saluâmes	we greeted
vous saluâtes	you greeted
ils saluèrent	they greeted
elles saluèrent	they greeted

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

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

Future		Scored
je saluerai	I will greet
tu salueras	you will greet
il saluera	he will greet
elle saluera	she will greet
nous saluerons	we will greet
vous saluerez	you will greet
ils salueront	they will greet
elles salueront	they will greet

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

Conditional		Scored
je saluerais	I would greet
tu saluerais	you would greet
il saluerait	he would greet
elle saluerait	she would greet
nous saluerions	we would greet
vous salueriez	you would greet
ils salueraient	they would greet
elles salueraient	they would greet

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je salue	(... that) I greet
(... que) tu salues	(... that) you greet
(... que) il salue	(... that) he greets
(... que) elle salue	(... that) she greets
(... que) nous saluions	(... that) we greet
(... que) vous saluiez	(... that) you greet
(... que) ils saluent	(... that) they greet
(... que) elles saluent	(... that) they greet

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je saluasse	(... that) I was greeting
(... que) tu saluasses	(... that) you were greeting
(... que) il saluât	(... that) he was greeting
(... que) elle saluât	(... that) she was greeting
(... que) nous saluassions	(... that) we were greeting
(... que) vous saluassiez	(... that) you were greeting
(... que) ils saluassent	(... that) they were greeting
(... que) elles saluassent	(... that) they were greeting

Imperative		Scored
salue	Greet
saluons	Let's greet
saluez	Greet

Present Participle		Scored
saluant	greeting

Past Participle		Scored
salué	greeted

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Irregular conjugation

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