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Conjugation of the French verb soustraire

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

soustraire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
soustraire	to subtract

Present		Scored
je soustrais	I subtract
tu soustrais	you subtract
il soustrait	he subtracts
elle soustrait	she subtracts
nous soustrayons	we subtract
vous soustrayez	you subtract
ils soustraient	they subtract
elles soustraient	they subtract

Imperfect		Scored
je soustrayais	I was subtracting
tu soustrayais	you were subtracting
il soustrayait	he was subtracting
elle soustrayait	she was subtracting
nous soustrayions	we were subtracting
vous soustrayiez	you were subtracting
ils soustrayaient	they were subtracting
elles soustrayaient	they were subtracting

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 soustrayai	I subtracted
tu soustrayas	you subtracted
il soustraya	he subtracted
elle soustraya	she subtracted
nous soustrayâmes	we subtracted
vous soustrayâtes	you subtracted
ils soustrayèrent	they subtracted
elles soustrayèrent	they subtracted

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

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

Future		Scored
je soustrairai	I will subtract
tu soustrairas	you will subtract
il soustraira	he will subtract
elle soustraira	she will subtract
nous soustrairons	we will subtract
vous soustrairez	you will subtract
ils soustrairont	they will subtract
elles soustrairont	they will subtract

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

Conditional		Scored
je soustrairais	I would subtract
tu soustrairais	you would subtract
il soustrairait	he would subtract
elle soustrairait	she would subtract
nous soustrairions	we would subtract
vous soustrairiez	you would subtract
ils soustrairaient	they would subtract
elles soustrairaient	they would subtract

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je soustraie	(... that) I subtract
(... que) tu soustraies	(... that) you subtract
(... que) il soustraie	(... that) he subtracts
(... que) elle soustraie	(... that) she subtracts
(... que) nous soustrayions	(... that) we subtract
(... que) vous soustrayiez	(... that) you subtract
(... que) ils soustraient	(... that) they subtract
(... que) elles soustraient	(... that) they subtract

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je soustrayasse	(... that) I was subtracting
(... que) tu soustrayasses	(... that) you were subtracting
(... que) il soustrayât	(... that) he was subtracting
(... que) elle soustrayât	(... that) she was subtracting
(... que) nous soustrayassions	(... that) we were subtracting
(... que) vous soustrayassiez	(... that) you were subtracting
(... que) ils soustrayassent	(... that) they were subtracting
(... que) elles soustrayassent	(... that) they were subtracting

Imperative		Scored
soustrais	Subtract
soustrayons	Let's subtract
soustrayez	Subtract

Present Participle		Scored
soustrayant	subtracting

Past Participle		Scored
soustrait	subtracted

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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