French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | exprime | exprimais | exprimerai | exprimerais | exprime | exprimasse | ||
| tu | exprimes | exprimais | exprimeras | exprimerais | exprimes | exprimasses | ||
| il | exprime | exprimait | exprimera | exprimerait | exprime | exprimât | ||
| nous | exprimons | exprimions | exprimerons | exprimerions | exprimions | exprimassions | ||
| vous | exprimez | exprimiez | exprimerez | exprimeriez | exprimiez | exprimassiez | ||
| ils | expriment | exprimaient | exprimeront | exprimeraient | expriment | exprimassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai exprimé | avais exprimé | aurai exprimé | aurais exprimé | aie exprimé | eusse exprimé | ||
| tu | as exprimé | avais exprimé | auras exprimé | aurais exprimé | aies exprimé | eusses exprimé | ||
| il | a exprimé | avait exprimé | aura exprimé | aurait exprimé | ait exprimé | eût exprimé | ||
| nous | avons exprimé | avions exprimé | aurons exprimé | aurions exprimé | ayons exprimé | eussions exprimé | ||
| vous | avez exprimé | aviez exprimé | aurez exprimé | auriez exprimé | ayez exprimé | eussiez exprimé | ||
| ils | ont exprimé | avaient exprimé | auront exprimé | auraient exprimé | aient exprimé | eussent exprimé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | exprimai | eus exprimé | (tu) | exprime | Present | exprimant | ||
| tu | exprimas | eus exprimé | (nous) | exprimons | Past | exprimé | ||
| il | exprima | eut exprimé | (vous) | exprimez | Perfect | ayant exprimé | ||
| nous | exprimâmes | eûmes exprimé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | exprimâtes | eûtes exprimé | (tu) | aie exprimé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | exprimèrent | eurent exprimé | (nous) | ayons exprimé | avoir exprimé | |||
| (vous) | ayez exprimé | |||||||
Exprimer is a regular -er verb.



The Subjunctivisor is an interactive tool that will advise you on whether to use the subjunctive or indicative with more than 275 French verbs, expressions, and conjunctions.
Knowing whether to use the passé composé or imparfait is particularly difficult when translating certain verbs into French. Very broadly speaking, the imperfect is equivalent to was/were + ___ing, but some English verbs are not often used in this form. So when translating was, had, and liked into French, you have to think about the meaning in order to decide which tense to use.
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