régénérer — French conjugation

to regenerate

Frequency#262Irregular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jerégénèreI regenerate
turégénèresyou regenerate
il/ellerégénèrehe/she/it regenerates
nousrégénéronswe regenerate
vousrégénérezyou (pl.) regenerate
ils/ellesrégénèrentthey regenerate

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jerégénéraiI regenerated
turégénérasyou regenerated
il/ellerégénérahe/she/it regenerated
nousrégénérâmeswe regenerated
vousrégénérâtesyou (pl.) regenerated
ils/ellesrégénérèrentthey regenerated

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jerégénérais
turégénérais
il/ellerégénérait
nousrégénérions
vousrégénériez
ils/ellesrégénéraient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jerégénéreraisI would regenerate
turégénéreraisyou would regenerate
il/ellerégénéreraithe/she/it would regenerate
nousrégénérerionswe would regenerate
vousrégénéreriezyou (pl.) would regenerate
ils/ellesrégénéreraientthey would regenerate

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jerégénéreraiI will regenerate
turégénérerasyou will regenerate
il/ellerégénérerahe/she/it will regenerate
nousrégénéreronswe will regenerate
vousrégénérerezyou (pl.) will regenerate
ils/ellesrégénérerontthey will regenerate

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai régénéréI have regenerated
tutu as régénéréyou have regenerated
il/elleil/elle a régénéréhe/she/it has regenerated
nousnous avons régénéréwe have regenerated
vousvous avez régénéréyou (pl.) have regenerated
ils/ellesils/elles ont régénéréthey have regenerated

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais régénéréI had regenerated
tutu avais régénéréyou had regenerated
il/elleil/elle avait régénéréhe/she/it had regenerated
nousnous avions régénéréwe had regenerated
vousvous aviez régénéréyou (pl.) had regenerated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient régénéréthey had regenerated

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais régénéré
tutu aurais régénéré
il/elleil/elle aurait régénéré
nousnous aurions régénéré
vousvous auriez régénéré
ils/ellesils/elles auraient régénéré

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai régénéréI will have regenerated
tutu auras régénéréyou will have regenerated
il/elleil/elle aura régénéréhe/she/it will have regenerated
nousnous aurons régénéréwe will have regenerated
vousvous aurez régénéréyou (pl.) will have regenerated
ils/ellesils/elles auront régénéréthey will have regenerated

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jerégénère
turégénères
il/ellerégénère
nousrégénérions
vousrégénériez
ils/ellesrégénèrent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jerégénérasse
turégénérasses
il/ellerégénérât
nousrégénérassions
vousrégénérassiez
ils/ellesrégénérassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
turégénère
nousrégénérons
vousrégénérez