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écouter

to listen to

Regular · 19 form tables

Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms. Literary categories and supplied participle agreement forms are labeled separately.

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Indicative

Present

écouter: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I listen to
tu	you listen to
il/elle/on	he/she listens to
nous	we listen to
vous	you (plural/formal) listen to
ils/elles	they listen to

Compound past

écouter: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I listened to; I have listened to
tu	you listened to; you have listened to
il/elle/on	he/she listened to; he/she has listened to
nous	we listened to; we have listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) listened to; you (plural/formal) have listened to
ils/elles	they listened to; they have listened to

Imperfect

écouter: Imperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I used to listen to
tu	you used to listen to
il/elle/on	he/she used to listen to
nous	we used to listen to
vous	you (plural/formal) used to listen to
ils/elles	they used to listen to

Pluperfect

écouter: Pluperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I had listened to
tu	you had listened to
il/elle/on	he/she had listened to
nous	we had listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) had listened to
ils/elles	they had listened to

Future

écouter: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I will listen to
tu	you will listen to
il/elle/on	he/she will listen to
nous	we will listen to
vous	you (plural/formal) will listen to
ils/elles	they will listen to

Future perfect

écouter: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I will have listened to
tu	you will have listened to
il/elle/on	he/she will have listened to
nous	we will have listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) will have listened to
ils/elles	they will have listened to

Near future

écouter: Near future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I am going to listen to
tu	you are going to listen to
il/elle/on	he/she is going to listen to
nous	we are going to listen to
vous	you (plural/formal) are going to listen to
ils/elles	they are going to listen to

Recent past

écouter: Recent past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I have just listened to
tu	you have just listened to
il/elle/on	he/she has just listened to
nous	we have just listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) have just listened to
ils/elles	they have just listened to

Simple past (literary)

écouter: Simple past (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I listened to
tu	you listened to
il/elle/on	he/she listened to
nous	we listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) listened to
ils/elles	they listened to

Past anterior (literary)

écouter: Past anterior (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I had listened to
tu	you had listened to
il/elle/on	he/she had listened to
nous	we had listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) had listened to
ils/elles	they had listened to

Conditional

écouter: Conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I would listen to
tu	you would listen to
il/elle/on	he/she would listen to
nous	we would listen to
vous	you (plural/formal) would listen to
ils/elles	they would listen to

Past conditional

écouter: Past conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I would have listened to
tu	you would have listened to
il/elle/on	he/she would have listened to
nous	we would have listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) would have listened to
ils/elles	they would have listened to

Past conditional, second form (literary)

écouter: Past conditional, second form (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	I would have listened to
tu	you would have listened to
il/elle/on	he/she would have listened to
nous	we would have listened to
vous	you (plural/formal) would have listened to
ils/elles	they would have listened to

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

écouter: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I listen to
tu	(that) you listen to
il/elle/on	(that) he/she listens to
nous	(that) we listen to
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) listen to
ils/elles	(that) they listen to

Past subjunctive

écouter: Past subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I have listened to
tu	(that) you have listened to
il/elle/on	(that) he/she has listened to
nous	(that) we have listened to
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) have listened to
ils/elles	(that) they have listened to

Imperfect subjunctive (literary)

écouter: Imperfect subjunctive (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I listened to
tu	(that) you listened to
il/elle/on	(that) he/she listened to
nous	(that) we listened to
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) listened to
ils/elles	(that) they listened to

Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)

écouter: Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
je	(that) I had listened to
tu	(that) you had listened to
il/elle/on	(that) he/she had listened to
nous	(that) we had listened to
vous	(that) you (plural/formal) had listened to
ils/elles	(that) they had listened to

Imperative

écouter: Imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
tu	listen to!
nous	let's listen to!
vous	listen to! (plural/formal)

Past imperative

écouter: Past imperative
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
tu	have listened to by then!
nous	let's have listened to by then!
vous	have listened to by then! (plural/formal)

Additional forms

Gerund
Present participle
Past participle: / / /
Past infinitive
Perfect participle

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