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Conjugation of the French verb tarder

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

tarder is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tarder	to tarry

Present		Scored
je tarde	I tarry
tu tardes	you tarry
il tarde	he tarries
elle tarde	she tarries
nous tardons	we tarry
vous tardez	you tarry
ils tardent	they tarry
elles tardent	they tarry

Imperfect		Scored
je tardais	I was tarrying
tu tardais	you were tarrying
il tardait	he was tarrying
elle tardait	she was tarrying
nous tardions	we were tarrying
vous tardiez	you were tarrying
ils tardaient	they were tarrying
elles tardaient	they were tarrying

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 tardai	I tarried
tu tardas	you tarried
il tarda	he tarried
elle tarda	she tarried
nous tardâmes	we tarried
vous tardâtes	you tarried
ils tardèrent	they tarried
elles tardèrent	they tarried

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

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

Future		Scored
je tarderai	I will tarry
tu tarderas	you will tarry
il tardera	he will tarry
elle tardera	she will tarry
nous tarderons	we will tarry
vous tarderez	you will tarry
ils tarderont	they will tarry
elles tarderont	they will tarry

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

Conditional		Scored
je tarderais	I would tarry
tu tarderais	you would tarry
il tarderait	he would tarry
elle tarderait	she would tarry
nous tarderions	we would tarry
vous tarderiez	you would tarry
ils tarderaient	they would tarry
elles tarderaient	they would tarry

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tarde	(... that) I tarry
(... que) tu tardes	(... that) you tarry
(... que) il tarde	(... that) he tarries
(... que) elle tarde	(... that) she tarries
(... que) nous tardions	(... that) we tarry
(... que) vous tardiez	(... that) you tarry
(... que) ils tardent	(... that) they tarry
(... que) elles tardent	(... that) they tarry

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tardasse	(... that) I was tarrying
(... que) tu tardasses	(... that) you were tarrying
(... que) il tardât	(... that) he was tarrying
(... que) elle tardât	(... that) she was tarrying
(... que) nous tardassions	(... that) we were tarrying
(... que) vous tardassiez	(... that) you were tarrying
(... que) ils tardassent	(... that) they were tarrying
(... que) elles tardassent	(... that) they were tarrying

Imperative		Scored
tarde	Tarry
tardons	Let's tarry
tardez	Tarry

Present Participle		Scored
tardant	tarrying

Past Participle		Scored
tardé	tarried

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