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Conjugation of the French verb tenter

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

tenter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tenter	to attempt

Present		Scored
je tente	I attempt
tu tentes	you attempt
il tente	he attempts
elle tente	she attempts
nous tentons	we attempt
vous tentez	you attempt
ils tentent	they attempt
elles tentent	they attempt

Imperfect		Scored
je tentais	I was attempting
tu tentais	you were attempting
il tentait	he was attempting
elle tentait	she was attempting
nous tentions	we were attempting
vous tentiez	you were attempting
ils tentaient	they were attempting
elles tentaient	they were attempting

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 tentai	I attempted
tu tentas	you attempted
il tenta	he attempted
elle tenta	she attempted
nous tentâmes	we attempted
vous tentâtes	you attempted
ils tentèrent	they attempted
elles tentèrent	they attempted

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

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

Future		Scored
je tenterai	I will attempt
tu tenteras	you will attempt
il tentera	he will attempt
elle tentera	she will attempt
nous tenterons	we will attempt
vous tenterez	you will attempt
ils tenteront	they will attempt
elles tenteront	they will attempt

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

Conditional		Scored
je tenterais	I would attempt
tu tenterais	you would attempt
il tenterait	he would attempt
elle tenterait	she would attempt
nous tenterions	we would attempt
vous tenteriez	you would attempt
ils tenteraient	they would attempt
elles tenteraient	they would attempt

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) tu tentes	(... that) you attempt
(... que) nous tentions	(... that) we attempt
(... que) vous tentiez	(... that) you attempt
(... que) ils tentent	(... that) they attempt
(... que) elles tentent	(... that) they attempt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tentasse	(... that) I was attempting
(... que) tu tentasses	(... that) you were attempting
(... que) il tentât	(... that) he was attempting
(... que) elle tentât	(... that) she was attempting
(... que) nous tentassions	(... that) we were attempting
(... que) vous tentassiez	(... that) you were attempting
(... que) ils tentassent	(... that) they were attempting
(... que) elles tentassent	(... that) they were attempting

Imperative		Scored
tentons	Let's attempt
tentez	Attempt

Present Participle		Scored
tentant	attempting

Past Participle		Scored
tenté	attempted

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