espérer: Conjugation

The espérer conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb espérer according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of espérer, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of espérer at the end of this page.

PresentPerfect

j'espère
tuespères
il/elleespère
nousespérons
vousespérez
ils/ellesespèrent
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j'ai espéré
tuas espéré
il/ellea espéré
nousavons espéré
vousavez espéré
ils/ellesont espéré
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ImperfectPluperfect

j'espérais
tuespérais
il/elleespérait
nousespérions
vousespériez
ils/ellesespéraient
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j'avais espéré
tuavais espéré
il/elleavait espéré
nousavions espéré
vousaviez espéré
ils/ellesavaient espéré
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FutureFuture-perfect

j'espérerai
tuespéreras
il/elleespérera
nousespérerons
vousespérerez
ils/ellesespéreront
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j'aurai espéré
tuauras espéré
il/elleaura espéré
nousaurons espéré
vousaurez espéré
ils/ellesauront espéré
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ConditionalConditional perfect

j'espérerais
tuespérerais
il/elleespérerait
nousespérerions
vousespéreriez
ils/ellesespéreraient
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j'aurais espéré
tuaurais espéré
il/elleaurait espéré
nousaurions espéré
vousauriez espéré
ils/ellesauraient espéré
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'espère
tuespères
il/elleespère
nousespérions
vousespériez
ils/ellesespèrent
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j'aie espéré
tuaies espéré
il/elleait espéré
nousayons espéré
vousayez espéré
ils/ellesaient espéré
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Past historicPast anterior

j'espérai
tuespéras
il/elleespéra
nousespérâmes
vousespérâtes
ils/ellesespérèrent
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j'eus espéré
tueus espéré
il/elleeut espéré
nouseûmes espéré
vouseûtes espéré
ils/elleseurent espéré
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