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Conjugation of the French verb songer

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

songer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
songer	to ponder

Present		Scored
je songe	I ponder
tu songes	you ponder
il songe	he ponders
elle songe	she ponders
nous songeons	we ponder
vous songez	you ponder
ils songent	they ponder
elles songent	they ponder

Imperfect		Scored
je songeais	I was pondering
tu songeais	you were pondering
il songeait	he was pondering
elle songeait	she was pondering
nous songions	we were pondering
vous songiez	you were pondering
ils songeaient	they were pondering
elles songeaient	they were pondering

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 songeai	I pondered
tu songeas	you pondered
il songea	he pondered
elle songea	she pondered
nous songeâmes	we pondered
vous songeâtes	you pondered
ils songèrent	they pondered
elles songèrent	they pondered

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

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

Future		Scored
je songerai	I will ponder
tu songeras	you will ponder
il songera	he will ponder
elle songera	she will ponder
nous songerons	we will ponder
vous songerez	you will ponder
ils songeront	they will ponder
elles songeront	they will ponder

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

Conditional		Scored
je songerais	I would ponder
tu songerais	you would ponder
il songerait	he would ponder
elle songerait	she would ponder
nous songerions	we would ponder
vous songeriez	you would ponder
ils songeraient	they would ponder
elles songeraient	they would ponder

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je songe	(... that) I ponder
(... que) tu songes	(... that) you ponder
(... que) il songe	(... that) he ponders
(... que) elle songe	(... that) she ponders
(... que) nous songions	(... that) we ponder
(... que) vous songiez	(... that) you ponder
(... que) ils songent	(... that) they ponder
(... que) elles songent	(... that) they ponder

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je songeasse	(... that) I was pondering
(... que) tu songeasses	(... that) you were pondering
(... que) il songeât	(... that) he was pondering
(... que) elle songeât	(... that) she was pondering
(... que) nous songeassions	(... that) we were pondering
(... que) vous songeassiez	(... that) you were pondering
(... que) ils songeassent	(... that) they were pondering
(... que) elles songeassent	(... that) they were pondering

Imperative		Scored
songe	Ponder
songeons	Let's ponder
songez	Ponder

Present Participle		Scored
songeant	pondering

Past Participle		Scored
songé	pondered

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