French verb entendre

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

See below for notes on the conjugation of entendre

PresentPerfect

j'entends
tuentends
il/elleentend
nousentendons
vousentendez
ils/ellesentendent

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

ImperfectPluperfect

j'entendais
tuentendais
il/elleentendait
nousentendions
vousentendiez
ils/ellesentendaient

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

FutureFuture-perfect

j'entendrai
tuentendras
il/elleentendra
nousentendrons
vousentendrez
ils/ellesentendront

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

ConditionalConditional perfect

j'entendrais
tuentendrais
il/elleentendrait
nousentendrions
vousentendriez
ils/ellesentendraient

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

Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'entende
tuentendes
il/elleentende
nousentendions
vousentendiez
ils/ellesentendent

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

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.


Check out our reviews of the following French conjugation guides:  Barron's 501 French Verbs Bescherelle La Conjugaison pour tous


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