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Plaindre Conjugation

Plaindre means “to pity”. It is a 3rd group (irregular) verb. Below is its conjugation in 13 tenses, with every person, the same forms the French verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.

Meaning
to pity
Type
3rd group (irregular)
Infinitive
plaindre
Present participle
plaignant
Past participle
plaint
Auxiliary
avoir
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Indicative

Presentprésent

je / j'plains
tuplains
il / elle / onplaint
nousplaignons
vousplaignez
ils / ellesplaignent

Imperfectimparfait

je / j'plaignais
tuplaignais
il / elle / onplaignait
nousplaignions
vousplaigniez
ils / ellesplaignaient

Simple pastpassé simple

je / j'plaignis
tuplaignis
il / elle / onplaignit
nousplaignîmes
vousplaignîtes
ils / ellesplaignirent

Futurefutur simple

je / j'plaindrai
tuplaindras
il / elle / onplaindra
nousplaindrons
vousplaindrez
ils / ellesplaindront

Near futurefutur proche

je / j'vais plaindre
tuvas plaindre
il / elle / onva plaindre
nousallons plaindre
vousallez plaindre
ils / ellesvont plaindre

Conditionalconditionnel présent

je / j'plaindrais
tuplaindrais
il / elle / onplaindrait
nousplaindrions
vousplaindriez
ils / ellesplaindraient

Perfect tenses

Compound pastpassé composé

je / j'ai plaint
tuas plaint
il / elle / ona plaint
nousavons plaint
vousavez plaint
ils / ellesont plaint

Pluperfectplus-que-parfait

je / j'avais plaint
tuavais plaint
il / elle / onavait plaint
nousavions plaint
vousaviez plaint
ils / ellesavaient plaint

Future perfectfutur antérieur

je / j'aurai plaint
tuauras plaint
il / elle / onaura plaint
nousaurons plaint
vousaurez plaint
ils / ellesauront plaint

Past conditionalconditionnel passé

je / j'aurais plaint
tuaurais plaint
il / elle / onaurait plaint
nousaurions plaint
vousauriez plaint
ils / ellesauraient plaint

Subjunctive

Present subjunctivesubjonctif présent

je / j'plaigne
tuplaignes
il / elle / onplaigne
nousplaignions
vousplaigniez
ils / ellesplaignent

Past subjunctivesubjonctif passé

je / j'aie plaint
tuaies plaint
il / elle / onait plaint
nousayons plaint
vousayez plaint
ils / ellesaient plaint

Imperative

Imperativeimpératif

tuplains
nousplaignons
vousplaignez

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About these tables

The forms are built from Wiktionary's conjugation tables, and they are the ones the French verb conjugation worksheet generator prints, so a chart or answer key made there matches this page. That page explains how the forms were checked.

Print this verb chart opens plaindre on the worksheet preview with every tense filled in, ready to print on A4 or US Letter or save as PDF. To practice it with other verbs, the generator also makes blank conjugation boxes and quick quizzes with answer keys.

Conjugation tables come from English Wiktionary through kaikki.org (CC BY-SA 4.0). Verbs are ranked by Hermit Dave's FrequencyWords list, built from OpenSubtitles 2018 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plaindre Conjugation Chart: 13 French Tenses · NexaProva