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Conjugation of the French verb tailler

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

tailler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tailler	to trim

Present		Scored
je taille	I trim
tu tailles	you trim
il taille	he trims
elle taille	she trims
nous taillons	we trim
vous taillez	you trim
ils taillent	they trim
elles taillent	they trim

Imperfect		Scored
je taillais	I was trimming
tu taillais	you were trimming
il taillait	he was trimming
elle taillait	she was trimming
nous taillions	we were trimming
vous tailliez	you were trimming
ils taillaient	they were trimming
elles taillaient	they were trimming

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 taillai	I trimmed
tu taillas	you trimmed
il tailla	he trimmed
elle tailla	she trimmed
nous taillâmes	we trimmed
vous taillâtes	you trimmed
ils taillèrent	they trimmed
elles taillèrent	they trimmed

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

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

Future		Scored
je taillerai	I will trim
tu tailleras	you will trim
il taillera	he will trim
elle taillera	she will trim
nous taillerons	we will trim
vous taillerez	you will trim
ils tailleront	they will trim
elles tailleront	they will trim

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

Conditional		Scored
je taillerais	I would trim
tu taillerais	you would trim
il taillerait	he would trim
elle taillerait	she would trim
nous taillerions	we would trim
vous tailleriez	you would trim
ils tailleraient	they would trim
elles tailleraient	they would trim

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je taille	(... that) I trim
(... que) tu tailles	(... that) you trim
(... que) il taille	(... that) he trims
(... que) elle taille	(... that) she trims
(... que) nous taillions	(... that) we trim
(... que) vous tailliez	(... that) you trim
(... que) ils taillent	(... that) they trim
(... que) elles taillent	(... that) they trim

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je taillasse	(... that) I was trimming
(... que) tu taillasses	(... that) you were trimming
(... que) il taillât	(... that) he was trimming
(... que) elle taillât	(... that) she was trimming
(... que) nous taillassions	(... that) we were trimming
(... que) vous taillassiez	(... that) you were trimming
(... que) ils taillassent	(... that) they were trimming
(... que) elles taillassent	(... that) they were trimming

Imperative		Scored
taille	Trim
taillons	Let's trim
taillez	Trim

Present Participle		Scored
taillant	trimming

Past Participle		Scored
taillé	trimmed

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