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Conjugation of the French verb succéder

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

succéder is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
succéder	to succeed

Present		Scored
je succède	I succeed
tu succèdes	you succeed
il succède	he succeeds
elle succède	she succeeds
nous succédons	we succeed
vous succédez	you succeed
ils succèdent	they succeed
elles succèdent	they succeed

Imperfect		Scored
je succédais	I was succeeding
tu succédais	you were succeeding
il succédait	he was succeeding
elle succédait	she was succeeding
nous succédions	we were succeeding
vous succédiez	you were succeeding
ils succédaient	they were succeeding
elles succédaient	they were succeeding

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 succédai	I succeeded
tu succédas	you succeeded
il succéda	he succeeded
elle succéda	she succeeded
nous succédâmes	we succeeded
vous succédâtes	you succeeded
ils succédèrent	they succeeded
elles succédèrent	they succeeded

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

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

Future		Scored
je succéderai	I will succeed
tu succéderas	you will succeed
il succédera	he will succeed
elle succédera	she will succeed
nous succéderons	we will succeed
vous succéderez	you will succeed
ils succéderont	they will succeed
elles succéderont	they will succeed

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

Conditional		Scored
je succéderais	I would succeed
tu succéderais	you would succeed
il succéderait	he would succeed
elle succéderait	she would succeed
nous succéderions	we would succeed
vous succéderiez	you would succeed
ils succéderaient	they would succeed
elles succéderaient	they would succeed

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je succède	(... that) I succeed
(... que) tu succèdes	(... that) you succeed
(... que) il succède	(... that) he succeeds
(... que) elle succède	(... that) she succeeds
(... que) nous succédions	(... that) we succeed
(... que) vous succédiez	(... that) you succeed
(... que) ils succèdent	(... that) they succeed
(... que) elles succèdent	(... that) they succeed

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je succédasse	(... that) I was succeeding
(... que) tu succédasses	(... that) you were succeeding
(... que) il succédât	(... that) he was succeeding
(... que) elle succédât	(... that) she was succeeding
(... que) nous succédassions	(... that) we were succeeding
(... que) vous succédassiez	(... that) you were succeeding
(... que) ils succédassent	(... that) they were succeeding
(... que) elles succédassent	(... that) they were succeeding

Imperative		Scored
succède	Succeed
succédons	Let's succeed
succédez	Succeed

Present Participle		Scored
succédant	succeeding

Past Participle		Scored
succédé	succeeded

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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