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Conjugation of the French verb supporter

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

supporter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
supporter	to bear

Present		Scored
je supporte	I bear
tu supportes	you bear
il supporte	he bears
elle supporte	she bears
nous supportons	we bear
vous supportez	you bear
ils supportent	they bear
elles supportent	they bear

Imperfect		Scored
je supportais	I was bearing
tu supportais	you were bearing
il supportait	he was bearing
elle supportait	she was bearing
nous supportions	we were bearing
vous supportiez	you were bearing
ils supportaient	they were bearing
elles supportaient	they were bearing

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 supportai	I bore
tu supportas	you bore
il supporta	he bore
elle supporta	she bore
nous supportâmes	we bore
vous supportâtes	you bore
ils supportèrent	they bore
elles supportèrent	they bore

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

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

Future		Scored
je supporterai	I will bear
tu supporteras	you will bear
il supportera	he will bear
elle supportera	she will bear
nous supporterons	we will bear
vous supporterez	you will bear
ils supporteront	they will bear
elles supporteront	they will bear

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

Conditional		Scored
je supporterais	I would bear
tu supporterais	you would bear
il supporterait	he would bear
elle supporterait	she would bear
nous supporterions	we would bear
vous supporteriez	you would bear
ils supporteraient	they would bear
elles supporteraient	they would bear

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je supporte	(... that) I bear
(... que) tu supportes	(... that) you bear
(... que) il supporte	(... that) he bears
(... que) elle supporte	(... that) she bears
(... que) nous supportions	(... that) we bear
(... que) vous supportiez	(... that) you bear
(... que) ils supportent	(... that) they bear
(... que) elles supportent	(... that) they bear

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je supportasse	(... that) I was bearing
(... que) tu supportasses	(... that) you were bearing
(... que) il supportât	(... that) he was bearing
(... que) elle supportât	(... that) she was bearing
(... que) nous supportassions	(... that) we were bearing
(... que) vous supportassiez	(... that) you were bearing
(... que) ils supportassent	(... that) they were bearing
(... que) elles supportassent	(... that) they were bearing

Imperative		Scored
supporte	Bear
supportons	Let's bear
supportez	Bear

Present Participle		Scored
supportant	bearing

Past Participle		Scored
supporté	borne

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