French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | excelle | excellais | excellerai | excellerais | excelle | excellasse | ||
| tu | excelles | excellais | excelleras | excellerais | excelles | excellasses | ||
| il | excelle | excellait | excellera | excellerait | excelle | excellât | ||
| nous | excellons | excellions | excellerons | excellerions | excellions | excellassions | ||
| vous | excellez | excelliez | excellerez | excelleriez | excelliez | excellassiez | ||
| ils | excellent | excellaient | excelleront | excelleraient | excellent | excellassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai excellé | avais excellé | aurai excellé | aurais excellé | aie excellé | eusse excellé | ||
| tu | as excellé | avais excellé | auras excellé | aurais excellé | aies excellé | eusses excellé | ||
| il | a excellé | avait excellé | aura excellé | aurait excellé | ait excellé | eût excellé | ||
| nous | avons excellé | avions excellé | aurons excellé | aurions excellé | ayons excellé | eussions excellé | ||
| vous | avez excellé | aviez excellé | aurez excellé | auriez excellé | ayez excellé | eussiez excellé | ||
| ils | ont excellé | avaient excellé | auront excellé | auraient excellé | aient excellé | eussent excellé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | excellai | eus excellé | (tu) | excelle | Present | excellant | ||
| tu | excellas | eus excellé | (nous) | excellons | Past | excellé | ||
| il | excella | eut excellé | (vous) | excellez | Perfect | ayant excellé | ||
| nous | excellâmes | eûmes excellé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | excellâtes | eûtes excellé | (tu) | aie excellé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | excellèrent | eurent excellé | (nous) | ayons excellé | avoir excellé | |||
| (vous) | ayez excellé | |||||||
Exceller is a regular -er verb.


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