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Conjugation of the French verb tordre

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

tordre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tordre	to twist

Present		Scored
je tords	I twist
tu tords	you twist
il tord	he twists
elle tord	she twists
nous tordons	we twist
vous tordez	you twist
ils tordent	they twist
elles tordent	they twist

Imperfect		Scored
je tordais	I was twisting
tu tordais	you were twisting
il tordait	he was twisting
elle tordait	she was twisting
nous tordions	we were twisting
vous tordiez	you were twisting
ils tordaient	they were twisting
elles tordaient	they were twisting

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 tordis	I twisted
tu tordis	you twisted
il tordit	he twisted
elle tordit	she twisted
nous tordîmes	we twisted
vous tordîtes	you twisted
ils tordirent	they twisted
elles tordirent	they twisted

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

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

Future		Scored
je tordrai	I will twist
tu tordras	you will twist
il tordra	he will twist
elle tordra	she will twist
nous tordrons	we will twist
vous tordrez	you will twist
ils tordront	they will twist
elles tordront	they will twist

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

Conditional		Scored
je tordrais	I would twist
tu tordrais	you would twist
il tordrait	he would twist
elle tordrait	she would twist
nous tordrions	we would twist
vous tordriez	you would twist
ils tordraient	they would twist
elles tordraient	they would twist

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je torde	(... that) I twist
(... que) tu tordes	(... that) you twist
(... que) il torde	(... that) he twists
(... que) elle torde	(... that) she twists
(... que) nous tordions	(... that) we twist
(... que) vous tordiez	(... that) you twist
(... que) ils tordent	(... that) they twist
(... que) elles tordent	(... that) they twist

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tordisse	(... that) I was twisting
(... que) tu tordisses	(... that) you were twisting
(... que) il tordît	(... that) he was twisting
(... que) elle tordît	(... that) she was twisting
(... que) nous tordissions	(... that) we were twisting
(... que) vous tordissiez	(... that) you were twisting
(... que) ils tordissent	(... that) they were twisting
(... que) elles tordissent	(... that) they were twisting

Imperative		Scored
tords	Twist
tordons	Let's twist
tordez	Twist

Present Participle		Scored
tordant	twisting

Past Participle		Scored
tordu	twisted

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