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Conjugation of the French verb perdre

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

perdre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
perdre	to lose

Present		Scored
je perds	I lose
tu perds	you lose
il perd	he loses
elle perd	she loses
nous perdons	we lose
vous perdez	you lose
ils perdent	they lose
elles perdent	they lose

Imperfect		Scored
je perdais	I was losing
tu perdais	you were losing
il perdait	he was losing
elle perdait	she was losing
nous perdions	we were losing
vous perdiez	you were losing
ils perdaient	they were losing
elles perdaient	they were losing

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 perdis	I lost
tu perdis	you lost
il perdit	he lost
elle perdit	she lost
nous perdîmes	we lost
vous perdîtes	you lost
ils perdirent	they lost
elles perdirent	they lost

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

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

Future		Scored
je perdrai	I will lose
tu perdras	you will lose
il perdra	he will lose
elle perdra	she will lose
nous perdrons	we will lose
vous perdrez	you will lose
ils perdront	they will lose
elles perdront	they will lose

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 perdu	I will have lost
tu auras perdu	you will have lost
il aura perdu	he will have lost
elle aura perdu	she will have lost
nous aurons perdu	we will have lost
vous aurez perdu	you will have lost
ils auront perdu	they will have lost
elles auront perdu	they will have lost

Conditional		Scored
je perdrais	I would lose
tu perdrais	you would lose
il perdrait	he would lose
elle perdrait	she would lose
nous perdrions	we would lose
vous perdriez	you would lose
ils perdraient	they would lose
elles perdraient	they would lose

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 perdu	I would have lost
tu aurais perdu	you would have lost
il aurait perdu	he would have lost
elle aurait perdu	she would have lost
nous aurions perdu	we would have lost
vous auriez perdu	you would have lost
ils auraient perdu	they would have lost
elles auraient perdu	they would have lost

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je perde	(... that) I lose
(... que) tu perdes	(... that) you lose
(... que) il perde	(... that) he loses
(... que) elle perde	(... that) she loses
(... que) nous perdions	(... that) we lose
(... que) vous perdiez	(... that) you lose
(... que) ils perdent	(... that) they lose
(... que) elles perdent	(... that) they lose

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je perdisse	(... that) I was losing
(... que) tu perdisses	(... that) you were losing
(... que) il perdît	(... that) he was losing
(... que) elle perdît	(... that) she was losing
(... que) nous perdissions	(... that) we were losing
(... que) vous perdissiez	(... that) you were losing
(... que) ils perdissent	(... that) they were losing
(... que) elles perdissent	(... that) they were losing

Imperative		Scored
perds	Lose
perdons	Let's lose
perdez	Lose

Present Participle		Scored
perdant	losing

Past Participle		Scored
perdu	lost

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