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Conjugation of the French verb trembler

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

trembler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
trembler	to tremble

Present		Scored
je tremble	I tremble
tu trembles	you tremble
il tremble	he trembles
elle tremble	she trembles
nous tremblons	we tremble
vous tremblez	you tremble
ils tremblent	they tremble
elles tremblent	they tremble

Imperfect		Scored
je tremblais	I was trembling
tu tremblais	you were trembling
il tremblait	he was trembling
elle tremblait	she was trembling
nous tremblions	we were trembling
vous trembliez	you were trembling
ils tremblaient	they were trembling
elles tremblaient	they were trembling

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 tremblai	I trembled
tu tremblas	you trembled
il trembla	he trembled
elle trembla	she trembled
nous tremblâmes	we trembled
vous tremblâtes	you trembled
ils tremblèrent	they trembled
elles tremblèrent	they trembled

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

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

Future		Scored
je tremblerai	I will tremble
tu trembleras	you will tremble
il tremblera	he will tremble
elle tremblera	she will tremble
nous tremblerons	we will tremble
vous tremblerez	you will tremble
ils trembleront	they will tremble
elles trembleront	they will tremble

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

Conditional		Scored
je tremblerais	I would tremble
tu tremblerais	you would tremble
il tremblerait	he would tremble
elle tremblerait	she would tremble
nous tremblerions	we would tremble
vous trembleriez	you would tremble
ils trembleraient	they would tremble
elles trembleraient	they would tremble

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tremble	(... that) I tremble
(... que) tu trembles	(... that) you tremble
(... que) il tremble	(... that) he trembles
(... que) elle tremble	(... that) she trembles
(... que) nous tremblions	(... that) we tremble
(... que) vous trembliez	(... that) you tremble
(... que) ils tremblent	(... that) they tremble
(... que) elles tremblent	(... that) they tremble

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tremblasse	(... that) I was trembling
(... que) tu tremblasses	(... that) you were trembling
(... que) il tremblât	(... that) he was trembling
(... que) elle tremblât	(... that) she was trembling
(... que) nous tremblassions	(... that) we were trembling
(... que) vous tremblassiez	(... that) you were trembling
(... que) ils tremblassent	(... that) they were trembling
(... que) elles tremblassent	(... that) they were trembling

Imperative		Scored
tremble	Tremble
tremblons	Let's tremble
tremblez	Tremble

Present Participle		Scored
tremblant	trembling

Past Participle		Scored
tremblé	trembled

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