régresser — French conjugation

to regress

Frequency#437Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

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
jerégresseI regress
turégressesyou regress
il/ellerégressehe/she/it regresses
nousrégressonswe regress
vousrégressezyou (pl.) regress
ils/ellesrégressentthey regress

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
jerégressaiI regressed
turégressasyou regressed
il/ellerégressahe/she/it regressed
nousrégressâmeswe regressed
vousrégressâtesyou (pl.) regressed
ils/ellesrégressèrentthey regressed

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
jerégressais
turégressais
il/ellerégressait
nousrégressions
vousrégressiez
ils/ellesrégressaient

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
jerégresseraisI would regress
turégresseraisyou would regress
il/ellerégresseraithe/she/it would regress
nousrégresserionswe would regress
vousrégresseriezyou (pl.) would regress
ils/ellesrégresseraientthey would regress

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
jerégresseraiI will regress
turégresserasyou will regress
il/ellerégresserahe/she/it will regress
nousrégresseronswe will regress
vousrégresserezyou (pl.) will regress
ils/ellesrégresserontthey will regress

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 régresséI have regressed
tutu as régresséyou have regressed
il/elleil/elle a régresséhe/she/it has regressed
nousnous avons régresséwe have regressed
vousvous avez régresséyou (pl.) have regressed
ils/ellesils/elles ont régresséthey have regressed

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 régresséI had regressed
tutu avais régresséyou had regressed
il/elleil/elle avait régresséhe/she/it had regressed
nousnous avions régresséwe had regressed
vousvous aviez régresséyou (pl.) had regressed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient régresséthey had regressed

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 régressé
tutu aurais régressé
il/elleil/elle aurait régressé
nousnous aurions régressé
vousvous auriez régressé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient régressé

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 régresséI will have regressed
tutu auras régresséyou will have regressed
il/elleil/elle aura régresséhe/she/it will have regressed
nousnous aurons régresséwe will have regressed
vousvous aurez régresséyou (pl.) will have regressed
ils/ellesils/elles auront régresséthey will have regressed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

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
jerégresse
turégresses
il/ellerégresse
nousrégressions
vousrégressiez
ils/ellesrégressent

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
jerégressasse
turégressasses
il/ellerégressât
nousrégressassions
vousrégressassiez
ils/ellesrégressassent

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
turégresse
nousrégressons
vousrégressez