French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | composte | compostais | composterai | composterais | composte | compostasse | ||
| tu | compostes | compostais | composteras | composterais | compostes | compostasses | ||
| il | composte | compostait | compostera | composterait | composte | compostât | ||
| nous | compostons | compostions | composterons | composterions | compostions | compostassions | ||
| vous | compostez | compostiez | composterez | composteriez | compostiez | compostassiez | ||
| ils | compostent | compostaient | composteront | composteraient | compostent | compostassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai composté | avais composté | aurai composté | aurais composté | aie composté | eusse composté | ||
| tu | as composté | avais composté | auras composté | aurais composté | aies composté | eusses composté | ||
| il | a composté | avait composté | aura composté | aurait composté | ait composté | eût composté | ||
| nous | avons composté | avions composté | aurons composté | aurions composté | ayons composté | eussions composté | ||
| vous | avez composté | aviez composté | aurez composté | auriez composté | ayez composté | eussiez composté | ||
| ils | ont composté | avaient composté | auront composté | auraient composté | aient composté | eussent composté | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | compostai | eus composté | (tu) | composte | Present | compostant | ||
| tu | compostas | eus composté | (nous) | compostons | Past | composté | ||
| il | composta | eut composté | (vous) | compostez | Perfect | ayant composté | ||
| nous | compostâmes | eûmes composté | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | compostâtes | eûtes composté | (tu) | aie composté | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | compostèrent | eurent composté | (nous) | ayons composté | avoir composté | |||
| (vous) | ayez composté | |||||||
Composter is a regular -er verb.


When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a vowel or h muet, that consonant might be transferred onto the next word. This is called a liaison and it’s one of the aspects of French pronunciation that can make it difficult to determine where one word ends and the next begins.
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