French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | apprends | apprenais | apprendrai | apprendrais | apprenne | apprisse | ||
| tu | apprends | apprenais | apprendras | apprendrais | apprennes | apprisses | ||
| il | apprend | apprenait | apprendra | apprendrait | apprenne | apprît | ||
| nous | apprenons | apprenions | apprendrons | apprendrions | apprenions | apprissions | ||
| vous | apprenez | appreniez | apprendrez | apprendriez | appreniez | apprissiez | ||
| ils | apprennent | apprenaient | apprendront | apprendraient | apprennent | apprissent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai appris | avais appris | aurai appris | aurais appris | aie appris | eusse appris | ||
| tu | as appris | avais appris | auras appris | aurais appris | aies appris | eusses appris | ||
| il | a appris | avait appris | aura appris | aurait appris | ait appris | eût appris | ||
| nous | avons appris | avions appris | aurons appris | aurions appris | ayons appris | eussions appris | ||
| vous | avez appris | aviez appris | aurez appris | auriez appris | ayez appris | eussiez appris | ||
| ils | ont appris | avaient appris | auront appris | auraient appris | aient appris | eussent appris | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | appris | eus appris | (tu) | apprends | Present | apprenant | ||
| tu | appris | eus appris | (nous) | apprenons | Past | appris | ||
| il | apprit | eut appris | (vous) | apprenez | Perfect | ayant appris | ||
| nous | apprîmes | eûmes appris | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | apprîtes | eûtes appris | (tu) | aie appris | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | apprirent | eurent appris | (nous) | ayons appris | avoir appris | |||
| (vous) | ayez appris | |||||||
Apprendre is an irregular -re verb.
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Verb conjugation tables for more than 1,600 French verbs in all the simple and compound tenses and moods.
In English, we say that the vowels are “a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.” The last couple of words hint at one of the keys to understanding pronunciation: a vowel is not so much a letter as the sound represented by a letter or combination of letters.
