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Conjugation of the French verb étaler

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

étaler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
étaler	to spread

Present		Scored
j'étale	I spread
tu étales	you spread
il étale	he spreads
elle étale	she spreads
nous étalons	we spread
vous étalez	you spread
ils étalent	they spread
elles étalent	they spread

Imperfect		Scored
j'étalais	I was spreading
tu étalais	you were spreading
il étalait	he was spreading
elle étalait	she was spreading
nous étalions	we were spreading
vous étaliez	you were spreading
ils étalaient	they were spreading
elles étalaient	they were spreading

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'étalai	I spread
tu étalas	you spread
il étala	he spread
elle étala	she spread
nous étalâmes	we spread
vous étalâtes	you spread
ils étalèrent	they spread
elles étalèrent	they spread

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

Future		Scored
j'étalerai	I will spread
tu étaleras	you will spread
il étalera	he will spread
elle étalera	she will spread
nous étalerons	we will spread
vous étalerez	you will spread
ils étaleront	they will spread
elles étaleront	they will spread

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

Conditional		Scored
j'étalerais	I would spread
tu étalerais	you would spread
il étalerait	he would spread
elle étalerait	she would spread
nous étalerions	we would spread
vous étaleriez	you would spread
ils étaleraient	they would spread
elles étaleraient	they would spread

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étale	(... that) I spread
(... que) tu étales	(... that) you spread
(... que) il étale	(... that) he spreads
(... que) elle étale	(... that) she spreads
(... que) nous étalions	(... that) we spread
(... que) vous étaliez	(... that) you spread
(... que) ils étalent	(... that) they spread
(... que) elles étalent	(... that) they spread

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étalasse	(... that) I was spreading
(... que) tu étalasses	(... that) you were spreading
(... que) il étalât	(... that) he was spreading
(... que) elle étalât	(... that) she was spreading
(... que) nous étalassions	(... that) we were spreading
(... que) vous étalassiez	(... that) you were spreading
(... que) ils étalassent	(... that) they were spreading
(... que) elles étalassent	(... that) they were spreading

Imperative		Scored
étale	Spread
étalons	Let's spread
étalez	Spread

Present Participle		Scored
étalant	spreading

Past Participle		Scored
étalé	spread

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