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Conjugation of the French verb éclairer

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

éclairer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
éclairer	to enlighten

Present		Scored
j'éclaire	I enlighten
tu éclaires	you enlighten
il éclaire	he enlightens
elle éclaire	she enlightens
nous éclairons	we enlighten
vous éclairez	you enlighten
ils éclairent	they enlighten
elles éclairent	they enlighten

Imperfect		Scored
j'éclairais	I was enlightening
tu éclairais	you were enlightening
il éclairait	he was enlightening
elle éclairait	she was enlightening
nous éclairions	we were enlightening
vous éclairiez	you were enlightening
ils éclairaient	they were enlightening
elles éclairaient	they were enlightening

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
j'éclairai	I enlightened
tu éclairas	you enlightened
il éclaira	he enlightened
elle éclaira	she enlightened
nous éclairâmes	we enlightened
vous éclairâtes	you enlightened
ils éclairèrent	they enlightened
elles éclairèrent	they enlightened

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

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

Future		Scored
j'éclairerai	I will enlighten
tu éclaireras	you will enlighten
il éclairera	he will enlighten
elle éclairera	she will enlighten
nous éclairerons	we will enlighten
vous éclairerez	you will enlighten
ils éclaireront	they will enlighten
elles éclaireront	they will enlighten

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

Conditional		Scored
j'éclairerais	I would enlighten
tu éclairerais	you would enlighten
il éclairerait	he would enlighten
elle éclairerait	she would enlighten
nous éclairerions	we would enlighten
vous éclaireriez	you would enlighten
ils éclaireraient	they would enlighten
elles éclaireraient	they would enlighten

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'éclaire	(... that) I enlighten
(... que) tu éclaires	(... that) you enlighten
(... que) il éclaire	(... that) he enlightens
(... que) elle éclaire	(... that) she enlightens
(... que) nous éclairions	(... that) we enlighten
(... que) vous éclairiez	(... that) you enlighten
(... que) ils éclairent	(... that) they enlighten
(... que) elles éclairent	(... that) they enlighten

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'éclairasse	(... that) I was enlightening
(... que) tu éclairasses	(... that) you were enlightening
(... que) il éclairât	(... that) he was enlightening
(... que) elle éclairât	(... that) she was enlightening
(... que) nous éclairassions	(... that) we were enlightening
(... que) vous éclairassiez	(... that) you were enlightening
(... que) ils éclairassent	(... that) they were enlightening
(... que) elles éclairassent	(... that) they were enlightening

Imperative		Scored
éclaire	Enlighten
éclairons	Let's enlighten
éclairez	Enlighten

Present Participle		Scored
éclairant	enlightening

Past Participle		Scored
éclairé	enlightened

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