French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | espère | espérais | espérerai espèrerai |
espérerais espèrerais |
espère | espérasse | ||
| tu | espères | espérais | espéreras espèreras |
espérerais espèrerais |
espères | espérasses | ||
| il | espère | espérait | espérera espèrera |
espérerait espèrerais |
espère | espérât | ||
| nous | espérons | espérions | espérerons espèrerons |
espérerions espèrerions |
espérions | espérassions | ||
| vous | espérez | espériez | espérerez espèrerez |
espéreriez espèreriez |
espériez | espérassiez | ||
| ils | espèrent | espéraient | espéreront espèreront |
espéreraient espèreraient |
espèrent | espérassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai espéré | avais espéré | aurai espéré | aurais espéré | aie espéré | eusse espéré | ||
| tu | as espéré | avais espéré | auras espéré | aurais espéré | aies espéré | eusses espéré | ||
| il | a espéré | avait espéré | aura espéré | aurait espéré | ait espéré | eût espéré | ||
| nous | avons espéré | avions espéré | aurons espéré | aurions espéré | ayons espéré | eussions espéré | ||
| vous | avez espéré | aviez espéré | aurez espéré | auriez espéré | ayez espéré | eussiez espéré | ||
| ils | ont espéré | avaient espéré | auront espéré | auraient espéré | aient espéré | eussent espéré | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | espérai | eus espéré | (tu) | espère | Present | espérant | ||
| tu | espéras | eus espéré | (nous) | espérons | Past | espéré | ||
| il | espéra | eut espéré | (vous) | espérez | Perfect | ayant espéré | ||
| nous | espérâmes | eûmes espéré | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | espérâtes | eûtes espéré | (tu) | aie espéré | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | espérèrent | eurent espéré | (nous) | ayons espéré | avoir espéré | |||
| (vous) | ayez espéré | |||||||
Espérer is a stem-changing verb (é to è).
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