French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | martèle | martelais | martèlerai | martèlerais | martèle | martelasse | ||
| tu | martèles | martelais | martèleras | martèlerais | martèles | martelasses | ||
| il | martèle | martelait | martèlera | martèlerait | martèle | martelât | ||
| nous | martelons | martelions | martèlerons | martèlerions | martelions | martelassions | ||
| vous | martelez | marteliez | martèlerez | martèleriez | marteliez | martelassiez | ||
| ils | martèlent | martelaient | martèleront | martèleraient | martèlent | martelassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai martelé | avais martelé | aurai martelé | aurais martelé | aie martelé | eusse martelé | ||
| tu | as martelé | avais martelé | auras martelé | aurais martelé | aies martelé | eusses martelé | ||
| il | a martelé | avait martelé | aura martelé | aurait martelé | ait martelé | eût martelé | ||
| nous | avons martelé | avions martelé | aurons martelé | aurions martelé | ayons martelé | eussions martelé | ||
| vous | avez martelé | aviez martelé | aurez martelé | auriez martelé | ayez martelé | eussiez martelé | ||
| ils | ont martelé | avaient martelé | auront martelé | auraient martelé | aient martelé | eussent martelé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | martelai | eus martelé | (tu) | martèle | Present | martelant | ||
| tu | martelas | eus martelé | (nous) | martelons | Past | martelé | ||
| il | martela | eut martelé | (vous) | martelez | Perfect | ayant martelé | ||
| nous | martelâmes | eûmes martelé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | martelâtes | eûtes martelé | (tu) | aie martelé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | martelèrent | eurent martelé | (nous) | ayons martelé | avoir martelé | |||
| (vous) | ayez martelé | |||||||
Marteler is a stem-changing verb (e to è).


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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