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Conjugation of the French verb tomber

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

tomber is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tomber	to fall

Present		Scored
je tombe	I fall
tu tombes	you fall
il tombe	he falls
elle tombe	she falls
nous tombons	we fall
vous tombez	you fall
ils tombent	they fall
elles tombent	they fall

Imperfect		Scored
je tombais	I was falling
tu tombais	you were falling
il tombait	he was falling
elle tombait	she was falling
nous tombions	we were falling
vous tombiez	you were falling
ils tombaient	they were falling
elles tombaient	they were falling

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 tombai	I fell
tu tombas	you fell
il tomba	he fell
elle tomba	she fell
nous tombâmes	we fell
vous tombâtes	you fell
ils tombèrent	they fell
elles tombèrent	they fell

Passé Composé		Scored
je suis tombé	I fell
tu es tombé	you fell
il est tombé	he fell
elle est tombée	she fell
nous sommes tombés	we fell
vous êtes tombé	you fell
ils sont tombés	they fell
elles sont tombées	they fell

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'étais tombé	I had fallen
tu étais tombé	you had fallen
il était tombé	he had fallen
elle était tombée	she had fallen
nous étions tombés	we had fallen
vous étiez tombé	you had fallen
ils étaient tombés	they had fallen
elles étaient tombées	they had fallen

Future		Scored
je tomberai	I will fall
tu tomberas	you will fall
il tombera	he will fall
elle tombera	she will fall
nous tomberons	we will fall
vous tomberez	you will fall
ils tomberont	they will fall
elles tomberont	they will fall

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
je serai tombé	I will have fallen
tu seras tombé	you will have fallen
il sera tombé	he will have fallen
elle sera tombée	she will have fallen
nous serons tombés	we will have fallen
vous serez tombé	you will have fallen
ils seront tombés	they will have fallen
elles seront tombées	they will have fallen

Conditional		Scored
je tomberais	I would fall
tu tomberais	you would fall
il tomberait	he would fall
elle tomberait	she would fall
nous tomberions	we would fall
vous tomberiez	you would fall
ils tomberaient	they would fall
elles tomberaient	they would fall

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
je serais tombé	I would have fallen
tu serais tombé	you would have fallen
il serait tombé	he would have fallen
elle serait tombée	she would have fallen
nous serions tombés	we would have fallen
vous seriez tombé	you would have fallen
ils seraient tombés	they would have fallen
elles seraient tombées	they would have fallen

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tombe	(... that) I fall
(... que) tu tombes	(... that) you fall
(... que) il tombe	(... that) he falls
(... que) elle tombe	(... that) she falls
(... que) nous tombions	(... that) we fall
(... que) vous tombiez	(... that) you fall
(... que) ils tombent	(... that) they fall
(... que) elles tombent	(... that) they fall

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tombasse	(... that) I was falling
(... que) tu tombasses	(... that) you were falling
(... que) il tombât	(... that) he was falling
(... que) elle tombât	(... that) she was falling
(... que) nous tombassions	(... that) we were falling
(... que) vous tombassiez	(... that) you were falling
(... que) ils tombassent	(... that) they were falling
(... que) elles tombassent	(... that) they were falling

Imperative		Scored
tombe	Fall
tombons	Let's fall
tombez	Fall

Present Participle		Scored
tombant	falling

Past Participle		Scored
tombé	fallen

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