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Conjugation of the French verb veiller

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

veiller is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
veiller	to keep vigil

Present		Scored
je veille	I keep vigil
tu veilles	you keep vigil
il veille	he keeps vigil
elle veille	she keeps vigil
nous veillons	we keep vigil
vous veillez	you keep vigil
ils veillent	they keep vigil
elles veillent	they keep vigil

Imperfect		Scored
je veillais	I was keeping vigil
tu veillais	you were keeping vigil
il veillait	he was keeping vigil
elle veillait	she was keeping vigil
nous veillions	we were keeping vigil
vous veilliez	you were keeping vigil
ils veillaient	they were keeping vigil
elles veillaient	they were keeping vigil

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 veillai	I kept vigil
tu veillas	you kept vigil
il veilla	he kept vigil
elle veilla	she kept vigil
nous veillâmes	we kept vigil
vous veillâtes	you kept vigil
ils veillèrent	they kept vigil
elles veillèrent	they kept vigil

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

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

Future		Scored
je veillerai	I will keep vigil
tu veilleras	you will keep vigil
il veillera	he will keep vigil
elle veillera	she will keep vigil
nous veillerons	we will keep vigil
vous veillerez	you will keep vigil
ils veilleront	they will keep vigil
elles veilleront	they will keep vigil

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

Conditional		Scored
je veillerais	I would keep vigil
tu veillerais	you would keep vigil
il veillerait	he would keep vigil
elle veillerait	she would keep vigil
nous veillerions	we would keep vigil
vous veilleriez	you would keep vigil
ils veilleraient	they would keep vigil
elles veilleraient	they would keep vigil

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je veille	(... that) I keep vigil
(... que) tu veilles	(... that) you keep vigil
(... que) il veille	(... that) he keeps vigil
(... que) elle veille	(... that) she keeps vigil
(... que) nous veillions	(... that) we keep vigil
(... que) vous veilliez	(... that) you keep vigil
(... que) ils veillent	(... that) they keep vigil
(... que) elles veillent	(... that) they keep vigil

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je veillasse	(... that) I was keeping vigil
(... que) tu veillasses	(... that) you were keeping vigil
(... que) il veillât	(... that) he was keeping vigil
(... que) elle veillât	(... that) she was keeping vigil
(... que) nous veillassions	(... that) we were keeping vigil
(... que) vous veillassiez	(... that) you were keeping vigil
(... que) ils veillassent	(... that) they were keeping vigil
(... que) elles veillassent	(... that) they were keeping vigil

Imperative		Scored
veille	Keep vigil
XX	vigil
XX	vigil
veillons	Let's keep vigil
veillez	Keep vigil
XX	vigil
XX	vigil

Present Participle		Scored
veillant	keeping vigil

Past Participle		Scored
veillé	kept vigil

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