French Present Participle Conjugations

Conjugaisons du participe présent


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The vast majority of French verbs use the nous form of the present tense as the root of their present participles: just drop –ons and add –ant.

Par exemple…

There are only three exceptions:

Some verbs have two different present participles, depending on whether they are used as a verb/gerund or a noun/adjective: learn more.

The present participle of pronominal verbs includes a reflexive pronoun, which must agree with the grammatical person it refers to:

Par exemple…

se souvenir		s’habiller
se souvenant	remembering	s’habillant	getting dressed
en me souvenant	upon remembering	en t’habillant	while you were getting dressed
en nous souvenant		en vous habillant


	Quiz: Present participles