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Conjugation of the French verb écouter

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

écouter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
écouter	to listen

Present		Scored
j'écoute	I listen
tu écoutes	you listen
il écoute	he listens
elle écoute	she listens
nous écoutons	we listen
vous écoutez	you listen
ils écoutent	they listen
elles écoutent	they listen

Imperfect		Scored
j'écoutais	I was listening
tu écoutais	you were listening
il écoutait	he was listening
elle écoutait	she was listening
nous écoutions	we were listening
vous écoutiez	you were listening
ils écoutaient	they were listening
elles écoutaient	they were listening

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'écoutai	I listened
tu écoutas	you listened
il écouta	he listened
elle écouta	she listened
nous écoutâmes	we listened
vous écoutâtes	you listened
ils écoutèrent	they listened
elles écoutèrent	they listened

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

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

Future		Scored
j'écouterai	I will listen
tu écouteras	you will listen
il écoutera	he will listen
elle écoutera	she will listen
nous écouterons	we will listen
vous écouterez	you will listen
ils écouteront	they will listen
elles écouteront	they will listen

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

Conditional		Scored
j'écouterais	I would listen
tu écouterais	you would listen
il écouterait	he would listen
elle écouterait	she would listen
nous écouterions	we would listen
vous écouteriez	you would listen
ils écouteraient	they would listen
elles écouteraient	they would listen

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'écoute	(... that) I listen
(... que) tu écoutes	(... that) you listen
(... que) il écoute	(... that) he listens
(... que) elle écoute	(... that) she listens
(... que) nous écoutions	(... that) we listen
(... que) vous écoutiez	(... that) you listen
(... que) ils écoutent	(... that) they listen
(... que) elles écoutent	(... that) they listen

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'écoutasse	(... that) I was listening
(... que) tu écoutasses	(... that) you were listening
(... que) il écoutât	(... that) he was listening
(... que) elle écoutât	(... that) she was listening
(... que) nous écoutassions	(... that) we were listening
(... que) vous écoutassiez	(... that) you were listening
(... que) ils écoutassent	(... that) they were listening
(... que) elles écoutassent	(... that) they were listening

Imperative		Scored
écoute	Listen
écoutons	Let's listen
écoutez	Listen

Present Participle		Scored
écoutant	listening

Past Participle		Scored
écouté	listened

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