French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | pisse | pissais | pisserai | pisserais | pisse | pissasse | ||
| tu | pisses | pissais | pisseras | pisserais | pisses | pissasses | ||
| il | pisse | pissait | pissera | pisserait | pisse | pissât | ||
| nous | pissons | pissions | pisserons | pisserions | pissions | pissassions | ||
| vous | pissez | pissiez | pisserez | pisseriez | pissiez | pissassiez | ||
| ils | pissent | pissaient | pisseront | pisseraient | pissent | pissassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai pissé | avais pissé | aurai pissé | aurais pissé | aie pissé | eusse pissé | ||
| tu | as pissé | avais pissé | auras pissé | aurais pissé | aies pissé | eusses pissé | ||
| il | a pissé | avait pissé | aura pissé | aurait pissé | ait pissé | eût pissé | ||
| nous | avons pissé | avions pissé | aurons pissé | aurions pissé | ayons pissé | eussions pissé | ||
| vous | avez pissé | aviez pissé | aurez pissé | auriez pissé | ayez pissé | eussiez pissé | ||
| ils | ont pissé | avaient pissé | auront pissé | auraient pissé | aient pissé | eussent pissé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | pissai | eus pissé | (tu) | pisse | Present | pissant | ||
| tu | pissas | eus pissé | (nous) | pissons | Past | pissé | ||
| il | pissa | eut pissé | (vous) | pissez | Perfect | ayant pissé | ||
| nous | pissâmes | eûmes pissé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | pissâtes | eûtes pissé | (tu) | aie pissé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | pissèrent | eurent pissé | (nous) | ayons pissé | avoir pissé | |||
| (vous) | ayez pissé | |||||||
Pisser is a regular -er verb.

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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