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Conjugation of the French verb succomber

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

succomber is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
succomber	to succumb

Present		Scored
je succombe	I succumb
tu succombes	you succumb
il succombe	he succumbs
elle succombe	she succumbs
nous succombons	we succumb
vous succombez	you succumb
ils succombent	they succumb
elles succombent	they succumb

Imperfect		Scored
je succombais	I was succumbing
tu succombais	you were succumbing
il succombait	he was succumbing
elle succombait	she was succumbing
nous succombions	we were succumbing
vous succombiez	you were succumbing
ils succombaient	they were succumbing
elles succombaient	they were succumbing

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 succombai	I succumbed
tu succombas	you succumbed
il succomba	he succumbed
elle succomba	she succumbed
nous succombâmes	we succumbed
vous succombâtes	you succumbed
ils succombèrent	they succumbed
elles succombèrent	they succumbed

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

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

Future		Scored
je succomberai	I will succumb
tu succomberas	you will succumb
il succombera	he will succumb
elle succombera	she will succumb
nous succomberons	we will succumb
vous succomberez	you will succumb
ils succomberont	they will succumb
elles succomberont	they will succumb

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

Conditional		Scored
je succomberais	I would succumb
tu succomberais	you would succumb
il succomberait	he would succumb
elle succomberait	she would succumb
nous succomberions	we would succumb
vous succomberiez	you would succumb
ils succomberaient	they would succumb
elles succomberaient	they would succumb

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je succombe	(... that) I succumb
(... que) tu succombes	(... that) you succumb
(... que) il succombe	(... that) he succumbs
(... que) elle succombe	(... that) she succumbs
(... que) nous succombions	(... that) we succumb
(... que) vous succombiez	(... that) you succumb
(... que) ils succombent	(... that) they succumb
(... que) elles succombent	(... that) they succumb

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je succombasse	(... that) I was succumbing
(... que) tu succombasses	(... that) you were succumbing
(... que) il succombât	(... that) he was succumbing
(... que) elle succombât	(... that) she was succumbing
(... que) nous succombassions	(... that) we were succumbing
(... que) vous succombassiez	(... that) you were succumbing
(... que) ils succombassent	(... that) they were succumbing
(... que) elles succombassent	(... that) they were succumbing

Imperative		Scored
succombe	Succumb
succombons	Let's succumb
succombez	Succumb

Present Participle		Scored
succombant	succumbing

Past Participle		Scored
succombé	succumbed

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