Simple and Compound 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 the compound conjugation for a pronominal verb – in these examples, 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		Compound Tense / Mood
Infinitive	raser to shave		Past infinitive	être rasé to have shaved
Present tense	je me rase I am shaving		Passé composé	je me suis rasé I have shaved
Future	je me raserai I will shave		Future perfect	je me serai rasé I will have shaved
Conditional	je me raserais I would shave		Conditional perfect	je me serais rasé I would have shaved
Imperfect	je me rasais I was shaving		Pluperfect	je m’étais rasé I had shaved
Passé simple	je me rasa I shaved		Past anterior	je me fus rasé I shaved
Subjunctive	je me rase I shave		Past subjunctive	je me sois rasé I shaved
Imperfect subjunctive	je me rasasse I shaved		Pluperfect subjunctive	je me fusse rasé I had shaved
Imperative	rase-toi shave		Past imperative	te sois rasé have shaved
Present participle	se rasant shaving		Perfect participle	s’étant rasé having shaved

Simple and compound French verb conjugations

• Avoir verbs
• Être verbs
• Pronominal verbs

 Related lessons

• Reflexive pronouns
• Pronominal verbs
• Agreement with pronominal verbs
• French verb timeline
• Introduction to verbs

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