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Conjugation of the French verb tracer

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

tracer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tracer	to trace

Present		Scored
je trace	I trace
tu traces	you trace
il trace	he traces
elle trace	she traces
nous traçons	we trace
vous tracez	you trace
ils tracent	they trace
elles tracent	they trace

Imperfect		Scored
je traçais	I was tracing
tu traçais	you were tracing
il traçait	he was tracing
elle traçait	she was tracing
nous tracions	we were tracing
vous traciez	you were tracing
ils traçaient	they were tracing
elles traçaient	they were tracing

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 traçai	I traced
tu traças	you traced
il traça	he traced
elle traça	she traced
nous traçâmes	we traced
vous traçâtes	you traced
ils tracèrent	they traced
elles tracèrent	they traced

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

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

Future		Scored
je tracerai	I will trace
tu traceras	you will trace
il tracera	he will trace
elle tracera	she will trace
nous tracerons	we will trace
vous tracerez	you will trace
ils traceront	they will trace
elles traceront	they will trace

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

Conditional		Scored
je tracerais	I would trace
tu tracerais	you would trace
il tracerait	he would trace
elle tracerait	she would trace
nous tracerions	we would trace
vous traceriez	you would trace
ils traceraient	they would trace
elles traceraient	they would trace

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je trace	(... that) I trace
(... que) tu traces	(... that) you trace
(... que) il trace	(... that) he traces
(... que) elle trace	(... that) she traces
(... que) nous tracions	(... that) we trace
(... que) vous traciez	(... that) you trace
(... que) ils tracent	(... that) they trace
(... que) elles tracent	(... that) they trace

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je traçasse	(... that) I was tracing
(... que) tu traçasses	(... that) you were tracing
(... que) il traçât	(... that) he was tracing
(... que) elle traçât	(... that) she was tracing
(... que) nous traçassions	(... that) we were tracing
(... que) vous traçassiez	(... that) you were tracing
(... que) ils traçassent	(... that) they were tracing
(... que) elles traçassent	(... that) they were tracing

Imperative		Scored
trace	Trace
traçons	Let's trace
tracez	Trace

Present Participle		Scored
traçant	tracing

Past Participle		Scored
tracé	traced

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