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Conjugation of the French verb surmonter

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

surmonter is a regular verb


Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
surmonterto overcome

PresentScored
je surmonteI overcome
tu surmontesyou overcome
il surmontehe overcomes
elle surmonteshe overcomes
nous surmontonswe overcome
vous surmontezyou overcome
ils surmontentthey overcome
elles surmontentthey overcome

ImperfectScored
je surmontaisI was overcoming
tu surmontaisyou were overcoming
il surmontaithe was overcoming
elle surmontaitshe was overcoming
nous surmontionswe were overcoming
vous surmontiezyou were overcoming
ils surmontaientthey were overcoming
elles surmontaientthey were overcoming

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 surmontaiI overcame
tu surmontasyou overcame
il surmontahe overcame
elle surmontashe overcame
nous surmontâmeswe overcame
vous surmontâtesyou overcame
ils surmontèrentthey overcame
elles surmontèrentthey overcame

FutureScored
je surmonteraiI will overcome
tu surmonterasyou will overcome
il surmonterahe will overcome
elle surmonterashe will overcome
nous surmonteronswe will overcome
vous surmonterezyou will overcome
ils surmonterontthey will overcome
elles surmonterontthey will overcome

ConditionalScored
je surmonteraisI would overcome
tu surmonteraisyou would overcome
il surmonteraithe would overcome
elle surmonteraitshe would overcome
nous surmonterionswe would overcome
vous surmonteriezyou would overcome
ils surmonteraientthey would overcome
elles surmonteraientthey would overcome

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je surmonte(... that) I overcome
(... que) tu surmontes(... that) you overcome
(... que) il surmonte(... that) he overcomes
(... que) elle surmonte(... that) she overcomes
(... que) nous surmontions(... that) we overcome
(... que) vous surmontiez(... that) you overcome
(... que) ils surmontent(... that) they overcome
(... que) elles surmontent(... that) they overcome

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je surmontasse(... that) I was overcoming
(... que) tu surmontasses(... that) you were overcoming
(... que) il surmontât(... that) he was overcoming
(... que) elle surmontât(... that) she was overcoming
(... que) nous surmontassions(... that) we were overcoming
(... que) vous surmontassiez(... that) you were overcoming
(... que) ils surmontassent(... that) they were overcoming
(... que) elles surmontassent(... that) they were overcoming

ImperativeScored
surmonte Overcome
surmontonsLet's overcome
surmontez Overcome

Present ParticipleScored
surmontant overcoming

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