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Conjugation of the French verb souligner

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

souligner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
souligner	to emphasize

Present		Scored
je souligne	I emphasize
tu soulignes	you emphasize
il souligne	he emphasizes
elle souligne	she emphasizes
nous soulignons	we emphasize
vous soulignez	you emphasize
ils soulignent	they emphasize
elles soulignent	they emphasize

Imperfect		Scored
je soulignais	I was emphasizing
tu soulignais	you were emphasizing
il soulignait	he was emphasizing
elle soulignait	she was emphasizing
nous soulignions	we were emphasizing
vous souligniez	you were emphasizing
ils soulignaient	they were emphasizing
elles soulignaient	they were emphasizing

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 soulignai	I emphasized
tu soulignas	you emphasized
il souligna	he emphasized
elle souligna	she emphasized
nous soulignâmes	we emphasized
vous soulignâtes	you emphasized
ils soulignèrent	they emphasized
elles soulignèrent	they emphasized

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

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

Future		Scored
je soulignerai	I will emphasize
tu souligneras	you will emphasize
il soulignera	he will emphasize
elle soulignera	she will emphasize
nous soulignerons	we will emphasize
vous soulignerez	you will emphasize
ils souligneront	they will emphasize
elles souligneront	they will emphasize

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

Conditional		Scored
je soulignerais	I would emphasize
tu soulignerais	you would emphasize
il soulignerait	he would emphasize
elle soulignerait	she would emphasize
nous soulignerions	we would emphasize
vous souligneriez	you would emphasize
ils souligneraient	they would emphasize
elles souligneraient	they would emphasize

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je souligne	(... that) I emphasize
(... que) tu soulignes	(... that) you emphasize
(... que) il souligne	(... that) he emphasizes
(... que) elle souligne	(... that) she emphasizes
(... que) nous soulignions	(... that) we emphasize
(... que) vous souligniez	(... that) you emphasize
(... que) ils soulignent	(... that) they emphasize
(... que) elles soulignent	(... that) they emphasize

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je soulignasse	(... that) I was emphasizing
(... que) tu soulignasses	(... that) you were emphasizing
(... que) il soulignât	(... that) he was emphasizing
(... que) elle soulignât	(... that) she was emphasizing
(... que) nous soulignassions	(... that) we were emphasizing
(... que) vous soulignassiez	(... that) you were emphasizing
(... que) ils soulignassent	(... that) they were emphasizing
(... que) elles soulignassent	(... that) they were emphasizing

Imperative		Scored
souligne	Emphasize
soulignons	Let's emphasize
soulignez	Emphasize

Present Participle		Scored
soulignant	emphasizing

Past Participle		Scored
souligné	emphasized

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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