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Conjugation of the French verb répondre

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

répondre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
répondre	to answer

Present		Scored
je réponds	I answer
tu réponds	you answer
il répond	he answers
elle répond	she answers
nous répondons	we answer
vous répondez	you answer
ils répondent	they answer
elles répondent	they answer

Imperfect		Scored
je répondais	I was answering
tu répondais	you were answering
il répondait	he was answering
elle répondait	she was answering
nous répondions	we were answering
vous répondiez	you were answering
ils répondaient	they were answering
elles répondaient	they were answering

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 répondis	I answered
tu répondis	you answered
il répondit	he answered
elle répondit	she answered
nous répondîmes	we answered
vous répondîtes	you answered
ils répondirent	they answered
elles répondirent	they answered

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

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

Future		Scored
je répondrai	I will answer
tu répondras	you will answer
il répondra	he will answer
elle répondra	she will answer
nous répondrons	we will answer
vous répondrez	you will answer
ils répondront	they will answer
elles répondront	they will answer

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

Conditional		Scored
je répondrais	I would answer
tu répondrais	you would answer
il répondrait	he would answer
elle répondrait	she would answer
nous répondrions	we would answer
vous répondriez	you would answer
ils répondraient	they would answer
elles répondraient	they would answer

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je réponde	(... that) I answer
(... que) tu répondes	(... that) you answer
(... que) il réponde	(... that) he answers
(... que) elle réponde	(... that) she answers
(... que) nous répondions	(... that) we answer
(... que) vous répondiez	(... that) you answer
(... que) ils répondent	(... that) they answer
(... que) elles répondent	(... that) they answer

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je répondisse	(... that) I was answering
(... que) tu répondisses	(... that) you were answering
(... que) il répondît	(... that) he was answering
(... que) elle répondît	(... that) she was answering
(... que) nous répondissions	(... that) we were answering
(... que) vous répondissiez	(... that) you were answering
(... que) ils répondissent	(... that) they were answering
(... que) elles répondissent	(... that) they were answering

Imperative		Scored
réponds	Answer
répondons	Let's answer
répondez	Answer

Present Participle		Scored
répondant	answering

Past Participle		Scored
répondu	answered

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