Surprendre – to surprise

French Verb Conjugations

	Present	Imperfect	Future		Conditional	Subjunctive		Imperfect subj.
je	surprends	surprenais	surprendrai		surprendrais	surprenne		surprisse
tu	surprends	surprenais	surprendras		surprendrais	surprennes		surprisses
il	surprend	surprenait	surprendra		surprendrait	surprenne		surprît
nous	surprenons	surprenions	surprendrons		surprendrions	surprenions		surprissions
vous	surprenez	surpreniez	surprendrez		surprendriez	surpreniez		surprissiez
ils	surprennent	surprenaient	surprendront		surprendraient	surprennent		surprissent
	Passé composé	Past perfect	Future perfect		Past conditional	Past subjunctive		Pluperfect subj.
j’	ai surpris	avais surpris	aurai surpris		aurais surpris	aie surpris		eusse surpris
tu	as surpris	avais surpris	auras surpris		aurais surpris	aies surpris		eusses surpris
il	a surpris	avait surpris	aura surpris		aurait surpris	ait surpris		eût surpris
nous	avons surpris	avions surpris	aurons surpris		aurions surpris	ayons surpris		eussions surpris
vous	avez surpris	aviez surpris	aurez surpris		auriez surpris	ayez surpris		eussiez surpris
ils	ont surpris	avaient surpris	auront surpris		auraient surpris	aient surpris		eussent surpris
	Passé simple	Past anterior		Imperative		Participles
je / j’	surpris	eus surpris		(tu)	surprends		Present	surprenant
tu	surpris	eus surpris		(nous)	surprenons		Past	surpris
il	surprit	eut surpris		(vous)	surprenez		Perfect	ayant surpris
nous	surprîmes	eûmes surpris		Past imperative
vous	surprîtes	eûtes surpris		(tu)	aie surpris	Past infinitive
ils	surprirent	eurent surpris		(nous)	ayons surpris		avoir surpris
				(vous)	ayez surpris

  Surprendre is an irregular -re verb – it’s conjugated according to the prendre pattern.

Does être surpris need the subjunctive?

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