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Conjugation of the French verb sauver

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

sauver is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
sauver	to save

Present		Scored
je sauve	I save
tu sauves	you save
il sauve	he saves
elle sauve	she saves
nous sauvons	we save
vous sauvez	you save
ils sauvent	they save
elles sauvent	they save

Imperfect		Scored
je sauvais	I was saving
tu sauvais	you were saving
il sauvait	he was saving
elle sauvait	she was saving
nous sauvions	we were saving
vous sauviez	you were saving
ils sauvaient	they were saving
elles sauvaient	they were saving

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 sauvai	I saved
tu sauvas	you saved
il sauva	he saved
elle sauva	she saved
nous sauvâmes	we saved
vous sauvâtes	you saved
ils sauvèrent	they saved
elles sauvèrent	they saved

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

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

Future		Scored
je sauverai	I will save
tu sauveras	you will save
il sauvera	he will save
elle sauvera	she will save
nous sauverons	we will save
vous sauverez	you will save
ils sauveront	they will save
elles sauveront	they will save

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

Conditional		Scored
je sauverais	I would save
tu sauverais	you would save
il sauverait	he would save
elle sauverait	she would save
nous sauverions	we would save
vous sauveriez	you would save
ils sauveraient	they would save
elles sauveraient	they would save

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je sauve	(... that) I save
(... que) tu sauves	(... that) you save
(... que) il sauve	(... that) he saves
(... que) elle sauve	(... that) she saves
(... que) nous sauvions	(... that) we save
(... que) vous sauviez	(... that) you save
(... que) ils sauvent	(... that) they save
(... que) elles sauvent	(... that) they save

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je sauvasse	(... that) I was saving
(... que) tu sauvasses	(... that) you were saving
(... que) il sauvât	(... that) he was saving
(... que) elle sauvât	(... that) she was saving
(... que) nous sauvassions	(... that) we were saving
(... que) vous sauvassiez	(... that) you were saving
(... que) ils sauvassent	(... that) they were saving
(... que) elles sauvassent	(... that) they were saving

Imperative		Scored
sauve	Save
sauvons	Let's save
sauvez	Save

Present Participle		Scored
sauvant	saving

Past Participle		Scored
sauvé	saved

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