Simple and Compound French Tenses and Moods: Pronominal Verbs

Temps et modes simples et composés

This chart shows the relationship between the conjugations of simple and compound French tenses and moods: each simple conjugation of être serves as the helping verb of a compound conjugation of the pronominal verb se raser. English translations are provided just to give you a rough idea; click the links for detailed lessons on how to use and translate each tense and mood.

Simple Tense / Mood		Helping Verb	Compound Tense / Mood
Infinitive	raser to shave	être to be	Past infinitive	être rasé to have shaved
Present tense	je me rase I am shaving	je suis I am	Passé composé	je me suis rasé I have shaved
Future	je me raserai I will shave	je serai I will be	Future perfect	je me serai rasé I will have shaved
Conditional	je me raserais I would shave	je serais I would be	Conditional perfect	je me serais rasé I would have shaved
Imperfect	je me rasais I was shaving	j’étais I was (being)	Pluperfect	je m’étais rasé I had shaved
Passé simple	je me rasa I shaved	je fus I was	Past anterior	je me fus rasé I shaved
Subjunctive	je me rase I shave	je sois I am/be	Past subjunctive	je me sois rasé I shaved
Imperfect subjunctive	je me rasasse I shaved	je fusse I was	Pluperfect subjunctive	je me fusse rasé I had shaved
Imperative	rase-toi shave	sois be	Past imperative	te sois rasé have shaved
Present participle	se rasant shaving	étant being	Perfect participle	s’étant rasé having shaved