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Conjugation of the French verb vêtir

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

vêtir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
vêtir	to clothe

Present		Scored
je vêts	I clothe
tu vêts	you clothe
il vêt	he clothes
elle vêt	she clothes
nous vêtons	we clothe
vous vêtez	you clothe
ils vêtent	they clothe
elles vêtent	they clothe

Imperfect		Scored
je vêtais	I was clothing
tu vêtais	you were clothing
il vêtait	he was clothing
elle vêtait	she was clothing
nous vêtions	we were clothing
vous vêtiez	you were clothing
ils vêtaient	they were clothing
elles vêtaient	they were clothing

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 vêtis	I clothed
tu vêtis	you clothed
il vêtit	he clothed
elle vêtit	she clothed
nous vêtîmes	we clothed
vous vêtîtes	you clothed
ils vêtirent	they clothed
elles vêtirent	they clothed

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

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

Future		Scored
je vêtirai	I will clothe
tu vêtiras	you will clothe
il vêtira	he will clothe
elle vêtira	she will clothe
nous vêtirons	we will clothe
vous vêtirez	you will clothe
ils vêtiront	they will clothe
elles vêtiront	they will clothe

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

Conditional		Scored
je vêtirais	I would clothe
tu vêtirais	you would clothe
il vêtirait	he would clothe
elle vêtirait	she would clothe
nous vêtirions	we would clothe
vous vêtiriez	you would clothe
ils vêtiraient	they would clothe
elles vêtiraient	they would clothe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je vête	(... that) I clothe
(... que) tu vêtes	(... that) you clothe
(... que) il vête	(... that) he clothes
(... que) elle vête	(... that) she clothes
(... que) nous vêtions	(... that) we clothe
(... que) vous vêtiez	(... that) you clothe
(... que) ils vêtent	(... that) they clothe
(... que) elles vêtent	(... that) they clothe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je vêtisse	(... that) I was clothing
(... que) tu vêtisses	(... that) you were clothing
(... que) il vêtît	(... that) he was clothing
(... que) elle vêtît	(... that) she was clothing
(... que) nous vêtissions	(... that) we were clothing
(... que) vous vêtissiez	(... that) you were clothing
(... que) ils vêtissent	(... that) they were clothing
(... que) elles vêtissent	(... that) they were clothing

Imperative		Scored
vêts	Clothe
vêtons	Let's clothe
vêtez	Clothe

Present Participle		Scored
vêtant	clothing

Past Participle		Scored
vêtu	clothed

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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