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Conjugation of the French verb garder

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb garder, along with their English translations.

garder is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
garder	to keep

Present		Scored
je garde	I keep
tu gardes	you keep
il garde	he keeps
elle garde	she keeps
nous gardons	we keep
vous gardez	you keep
ils gardent	they keep
elles gardent	they keep

Imperfect		Scored
je gardais	I was keeping
tu gardais	you were keeping
il gardait	he was keeping
elle gardait	she was keeping
nous gardions	we were keeping
vous gardiez	you were keeping
ils gardaient	they were keeping
elles gardaient	they were keeping

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je gardai	I kept
tu gardas	you kept
il garda	he kept
elle garda	she kept
nous gardâmes	we kept
vous gardâtes	you kept
ils gardèrent	they kept
elles gardèrent	they kept

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai gardé	I kept
tu as gardé	you kept
il a gardé	he kept
elle a gardé	she kept
nous avons gardé	we kept
vous avez gardé	you kept
ils ont gardé	they kept
elles ont gardé	they kept

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais gardé	I had kept
tu avais gardé	you had kept
il avait gardé	he had kept
elle avait gardé	she had kept
nous avions gardé	we had kept
vous aviez gardé	you had kept
ils avaient gardé	they had kept
elles avaient gardé	they had kept

Future		Scored
je garderai	I will keep
tu garderas	you will keep
il gardera	he will keep
elle gardera	she will keep
nous garderons	we will keep
vous garderez	you will keep
ils garderont	they will keep
elles garderont	they will keep

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai gardé	I will have kept
tu auras gardé	you will have kept
il aura gardé	he will have kept
elle aura gardé	she will have kept
nous aurons gardé	we will have kept
vous aurez gardé	you will have kept
ils auront gardé	they will have kept
elles auront gardé	they will have kept

Conditional		Scored
je garderais	I would keep
tu garderais	you would keep
il garderait	he would keep
elle garderait	she would keep
nous garderions	we would keep
vous garderiez	you would keep
ils garderaient	they would keep
elles garderaient	they would keep

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais gardé	I would have kept
tu aurais gardé	you would have kept
il aurait gardé	he would have kept
elle aurait gardé	she would have kept
nous aurions gardé	we would have kept
vous auriez gardé	you would have kept
ils auraient gardé	they would have kept
elles auraient gardé	they would have kept

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je garde	(... that) I keep
(... que) tu gardes	(... that) you keep
(... que) il garde	(... that) he keeps
(... que) elle garde	(... that) she keeps
(... que) nous gardions	(... that) we keep
(... que) vous gardiez	(... that) you keep
(... que) ils gardent	(... that) they keep
(... que) elles gardent	(... that) they keep

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je gardasse	(... that) I was keeping
(... que) tu gardasses	(... that) you were keeping
(... que) il gardât	(... that) he was keeping
(... que) elle gardât	(... that) she was keeping
(... que) nous gardassions	(... that) we were keeping
(... que) vous gardassiez	(... that) you were keeping
(... que) ils gardassent	(... that) they were keeping
(... que) elles gardassent	(... that) they were keeping

Imperative		Scored
garde	Keep
gardons	Let's keep
gardez	Keep

Present Participle		Scored
gardant	keeping

Past Participle		Scored
gardé	kept

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