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Conjugation of the French verb travailler

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

travailler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
travailler	to work

Present		Scored
je travaille	I work
tu travailles	you work
il travaille	he works
elle travaille	she works
nous travaillons	we work
vous travaillez	you work
ils travaillent	they work
elles travaillent	they work

Imperfect		Scored
je travaillais	I was working
tu travaillais	you were working
il travaillait	he was working
elle travaillait	she was working
nous travaillions	we were working
vous travailliez	you were working
ils travaillaient	they were working
elles travaillaient	they were working

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 travaillai	I worked
tu travaillas	you worked
il travailla	he worked
elle travailla	she worked
nous travaillâmes	we worked
vous travaillâtes	you worked
ils travaillèrent	they worked
elles travaillèrent	they worked

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

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

Future		Scored
je travaillerai	I will work
tu travailleras	you will work
il travaillera	he will work
elle travaillera	she will work
nous travaillerons	we will work
vous travaillerez	you will work
ils travailleront	they will work
elles travailleront	they will work

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

Conditional		Scored
je travaillerais	I would work
tu travaillerais	you would work
il travaillerait	he would work
elle travaillerait	she would work
nous travaillerions	we would work
vous travailleriez	you would work
ils travailleraient	they would work
elles travailleraient	they would work

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je travaille	(... that) I work
(... que) tu travailles	(... that) you work
(... que) il travaille	(... that) he works
(... que) elle travaille	(... that) she works
(... que) nous travaillions	(... that) we work
(... que) vous travailliez	(... that) you work
(... que) ils travaillent	(... that) they work
(... que) elles travaillent	(... that) they work

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je travaillasse	(... that) I was working
(... que) tu travaillasses	(... that) you were working
(... que) il travaillât	(... that) he was working
(... que) elle travaillât	(... that) she was working
(... que) nous travaillassions	(... that) we were working
(... que) vous travaillassiez	(... that) you were working
(... que) ils travaillassent	(... that) they were working
(... que) elles travaillassent	(... that) they were working

Imperative		Scored
travaille	Work
travaillons	Let's work
travaillez	Work

Present Participle		Scored
travaillant	working

Past Participle		Scored
travaillé	worked

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