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Conjugation of the French verb élever

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

élever is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
élever	to raise

Present		Scored
j'élève	I raise
tu élèves	you raise
il élève	he raises
elle élève	she raises
nous élevons	we raise
vous élevez	you raise
ils élèvent	they raise
elles élèvent	they raise

Imperfect		Scored
j'élevais	I was raising
tu élevais	you were raising
il élevait	he was raising
elle élevait	she was raising
nous élevions	we were raising
vous éleviez	you were raising
ils élevaient	they were raising
elles élevaient	they were raising

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'élevai	I raised
tu élevas	you raised
il éleva	he raised
elle éleva	she raised
nous élevâmes	we raised
vous élevâtes	you raised
ils élevèrent	they raised
elles élevèrent	they raised

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

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

Future		Scored
j'élèverai	I will raise
tu élèveras	you will raise
il élèvera	he will raise
elle élèvera	she will raise
nous élèverons	we will raise
vous élèverez	you will raise
ils élèveront	they will raise
elles élèveront	they will raise

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

Conditional		Scored
j'élèverais	I would raise
tu élèverais	you would raise
il élèverait	he would raise
elle élèverait	she would raise
nous élèverions	we would raise
vous élèveriez	you would raise
ils élèveraient	they would raise
elles élèveraient	they would raise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'élève	(... that) I raise
(... que) tu élèves	(... that) you raise
(... que) il élève	(... that) he raises
(... que) elle élève	(... that) she raises
(... que) nous élevions	(... that) we raise
(... que) vous éleviez	(... that) you raise
(... que) ils élèvent	(... that) they raise
(... que) elles élèvent	(... that) they raise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'élevasse	(... that) I was raising
(... que) tu élevasses	(... that) you were raising
(... que) il élevât	(... that) he was raising
(... que) elle élevât	(... that) she was raising
(... que) nous élevassions	(... that) we were raising
(... que) vous élevassiez	(... that) you were raising
(... que) ils élevassent	(... that) they were raising
(... que) elles élevassent	(... that) they were raising

Imperative		Scored
élève	Raise
élevons	Let's raise
élevez	Raise

Present Participle		Scored
élevant	raising

Past Participle		Scored
élevé	raised

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