Lexis Rex Home

Conjugation of the French verb sembler

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

sembler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
sembler	to seem

Present		Scored
je semble	I seem
tu sembles	you seem
il semble	he seems
elle semble	she seems
nous semblons	we seem
vous semblez	you seem
ils semblent	they seem
elles semblent	they seem

Imperfect		Scored
je semblais	I was seeming
tu semblais	you were seeming
il semblait	he was seeming
elle semblait	she was seeming
nous semblions	we were seeming
vous sembliez	you were seeming
ils semblaient	they were seeming
elles semblaient	they were seeming

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 semblai	I seemed
tu semblas	you seemed
il sembla	he seemed
elle sembla	she seemed
nous semblâmes	we seemed
vous semblâtes	you seemed
ils semblèrent	they seemed
elles semblèrent	they seemed

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

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

Future		Scored
je semblerai	I will seem
tu sembleras	you will seem
il semblera	he will seem
elle semblera	she will seem
nous semblerons	we will seem
vous semblerez	you will seem
ils sembleront	they will seem
elles sembleront	they will seem

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

Conditional		Scored
je semblerais	I would seem
tu semblerais	you would seem
il semblerait	he would seem
elle semblerait	she would seem
nous semblerions	we would seem
vous sembleriez	you would seem
ils sembleraient	they would seem
elles sembleraient	they would seem

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je semble	(... that) I seem
(... que) tu sembles	(... that) you seem
(... que) il semble	(... that) he seems
(... que) elle semble	(... that) she seems
(... que) nous semblions	(... that) we seem
(... que) vous sembliez	(... that) you seem
(... que) ils semblent	(... that) they seem
(... que) elles semblent	(... that) they seem

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je semblasse	(... that) I was seeming
(... que) tu semblasses	(... that) you were seeming
(... que) il semblât	(... that) he was seeming
(... que) elle semblât	(... that) she was seeming
(... que) nous semblassions	(... that) we were seeming
(... que) vous semblassiez	(... that) you were seeming
(... que) ils semblassent	(... that) they were seeming
(... que) elles semblassent	(... that) they were seeming

Imperative		Scored
semble	Seem
semblons	Let's seem
semblez	Seem

Present Participle		Scored
semblant	seeming

Past Participle		Scored
semblé	seemed

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

Spelling change

Learn these with

Multiple Choice

Missing Verb Game