French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | relance | relançais | relancerai | relancerais | relance | relançasse | ||
| tu | relances | relançais | relanceras | relancerais | relances | relançasses | ||
| il | relance | relançait | relancera | relancerait | relance | relançât | ||
| nous | relançons | relancions | relancerons | relancerions | relancions | relançassions | ||
| vous | relancez | relanciez | relancerez | relanceriez | relanciez | relançassiez | ||
| ils | relancent | relançaient | relanceront | relanceraient | relancent | relançassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai relancé | avais relancé | aurai relancé | aurais relancé | aie relancé | eusse relancé | ||
| tu | as relancé | avais relancé | auras relancé | aurais relancé | aies relancé | eusses relancé | ||
| il | a relancé | avait relancé | aura relancé | aurait relancé | ait relancé | eût relancé | ||
| nous | avons relancé | avions relancé | aurons relancé | aurions relancé | ayons relancé | eussions relancé | ||
| vous | avez relancé | aviez relancé | aurez relancé | auriez relancé | ayez relancé | eussiez relancé | ||
| ils | ont relancé | avaient relancé | auront relancé | auraient relancé | aient relancé | eussent relancé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | relançai | eus relancé | (tu) | relance | Present | relançant | ||
| tu | relanças | eus relancé | (nous) | relançons | Past | relancé | ||
| il | relança | eut relancé | (vous) | relancez | Perfect | ayant relancé | ||
| nous | relançâmes | eûmes relancé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | relançâtes | eûtes relancé | (tu) | aie relancé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | relancèrent | eurent relancé | (nous) | ayons relancé | avoir relancé | |||
| (vous) | ayez relancé | |||||||
Relancer is a spelling change verb (c to ç).

The passé composé is the most important French past tense, and just to make things interesting, it has three possible English equivalents.


The mountain of French verb conjugations you have to learn can be overwhelming – even just in the classroom where you have plenty of time to think about the correct response. Once you start talking to people in the real world, trying to figure out the appropriate verb conjugation can leave you speechless – literally. So what’s the solution? Learn, then practice, practice, practice!
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