French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | émerge | émergeais | émergerai | émergerais | émerge | émergeasse | ||
| tu | émerges | émergeais | émergeras | émergerais | émerges | émergeasses | ||
| il | émerge | émergeait | émergera | émergerait | émerge | émergeât | ||
| nous | émergeons | émergions | émergerons | émergerions | émergions | émergeassions | ||
| vous | émergez | émergiez | émergerez | émergeriez | émergiez | émergeassiez | ||
| ils | émergent | émergeaient | émergeront | émergeraient | émergent | émergeassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai émergé | avais émergé | aurai émergé | aurais émergé | aie émergé | eusse émergé | ||
| tu | as émergé | avais émergé | auras émergé | aurais émergé | aies émergé | eusses émergé | ||
| il | a émergé | avait émergé | aura émergé | aurait émergé | ait émergé | eût émergé | ||
| nous | avons émergé | avions émergé | aurons émergé | aurions émergé | ayons émergé | eussions émergé | ||
| vous | avez émergé | aviez émergé | aurez émergé | auriez émergé | ayez émergé | eussiez émergé | ||
| ils | ont émergé | avaient émergé | auront émergé | auraient émergé | aient émergé | eussent émergé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | émergeai | eus émergé | (tu) | émerge | Present | émergeant | ||
| tu | émergeas | eus émergé | (nous) | émergeons | Past | émergé | ||
| il | émergea | eut émergé | (vous) | émergez | Perfect | ayant émergé | ||
| nous | émergeâmes | eûmes émergé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | émergeâtes | eûtes émergé | (tu) | aie émergé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | émergèrent | eurent émergé | (nous) | ayons émergé | avoir émergé | |||
| (vous) | ayez émergé | |||||||
Émerger is a spelling change verb (g to ge).

The passé composé is the most important French past tense, and just to make things interesting, it has three possible English equivalents.


The mountain of French verb conjugations you have to learn can be overwhelming – even just in the classroom where you have plenty of time to think about the correct response. Once you start talking to people in the real world, trying to figure out the appropriate verb conjugation can leave you speechless – literally. So what’s the solution? Learn, then practice, practice, practice!
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