French verb répondre

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb répondre in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of répondre

PresentPerfect

jeréponds
turéponds
il/ellerépond
nousrépondons
vousrépondez
ils/ellesrépondent

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j'ai répondu
tuas répondu
il/ellea répondu
nousavons répondu
vousavez répondu
ils/ellesont répondu

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ImperfectPluperfect

jerépondais
turépondais
il/ellerépondait
nousrépondions
vousrépondiez
ils/ellesrépondaient

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j'avais répondu
tuavais répondu
il/elleavait répondu
nousavions répondu
vousaviez répondu
ils/ellesavaient répondu

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FutureFuture-perfect

jerépondrai
turépondras
il/ellerépondra
nousrépondrons
vousrépondrez
ils/ellesrépondront

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j'aurai répondu
tuauras répondu
il/elleaura répondu
nousaurons répondu
vousaurez répondu
ils/ellesauront répondu

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ConditionalConditional perfect

jerépondrais
turépondrais
il/ellerépondrait
nousrépondrions
vousrépondriez
ils/ellesrépondraient

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j'aurais répondu
tuaurais répondu
il/elleaurait répondu
nousaurions répondu
vousauriez répondu
ils/ellesauraient répondu

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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jeréponde
turépondes
il/elleréponde
nousrépondions
vousrépondiez
ils/ellesrépondent

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j'aie répondu
tuaies répondu
il/elleait répondu
nousayons répondu
vousayez répondu
ils/ellesaient répondu

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This is the so-called regular -re pattern according to the categories used in many English-speaking analyses of French. (Many French-speaking analyses don't actually make a distinction between this pattern and other "irregular verb" patterns.) Characteristic features of this pattern include:

  • in practise, the infinitive always ends in -endre, -andre, -ondre, -erdre or -ordre;
  • past participles ending in -u;
  • the [d] consonant is pronounced in all forms of the verb except the singular present tense forms, which sound like the infinitive minus the final -dre.


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