The French for carry is the verb porter

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So, if you want to know how to say carry (referring to a human motion) in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb porter - French for carry

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of porter, which is French for carry.

• I carry.
• you carried.
• he will carry.
• we would carry.
• they may carry.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for porter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE porter
Simple Tenses porter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent carry	porte	portes	porte	portons	portez	portent
Past Imperfect Imparfait carried	portais	portais	portait	portions	portiez	portaient
Simple Past Passé Simple carried	portai	portas	porta	portâmes	portâtes	portèrent
Future Futur will carry	porterai	porteras	portera	porterons	porterez	porteront
Conditional Conditionnel would carry	porterais	porterais	porterait	porterions	porteriez	porteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may carry	porte	portes	porte	portions	portiez	portent
Compound Tenses porter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have carried	ai porté	as porté	a porté	avons porté	avez porté	ont porté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had carried	avais porté	avais porté	avait porté	avions porté	aviez porté	avaient porté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai porté	auras porté	aura porté	aurons porté	aurez porté	auront porté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have carried	aurais porté	aurais porté	aurait porté	aurions porté	auriez porté	auraient porté
Imperative Imperatif carry!		porte		portons	portez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of porter the French for carry
présent de l’indicatif

je porte
- I carry
tu portes
- you carry - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on porte
- he, she, it, one carries
nous portons
- we carry
vous portez
- you carry (formal or plural)
ils, elles portent
- they carry

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
imparfait de l’indicatif

je portais
- I carried
- I was carrying
tu portais
- you carried- (familiar or informal)
- you were carrying
il, elle, on portait
- he, she, it, one carried
- he, she, it, one was carrying
nous portions
- we carried
- we were carrying
vous portiez
- you carried- (formal or plural)
- you were carrying
ils, elles portaient
- they carried
- they were carrying

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
passé simple

je portai
- I carried
tu portas
- you carried- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on porta
- he, she, it, one carried
nous portâmes
- we carried
vous portâtes
- you carried- (formal or plural)
ils, elles portèrent
they carried
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
futur

je porterai
- I will carry
tu porteras
- you will carry (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on portera
- he, she, it, one will carry
nous porterons
- we will carry
vous porterez
- you will carry (formal or plural)
ils, elles porteront
- they will carry

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Conditional Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
conditionnel

je porterais
- I would carry
tu porterais
- you would carry (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on porterait
- he, she, it, one would carry
nous porterions
- we would carry
vous porteriez
- you would carry (formal or plural)
ils, elles porteraient
- they would carry

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
présent de subjonctif

que je porte
- that I may carry
que tu portes
- that you may carry(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on porte
- that he, she, it, one may carry
que nous portions
- that we may carry
que vous portiez
- that you may carry(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles portent
- that they may carry

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb porter - the verb ‘to carry’ in French

Past Participle of porter is:
porté -carried.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have carried
• you had carried
• he will have carried
• we would have carried

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of porter - French for carry
passé composé

Here’s the French for carry conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai porté
- I have carried or I did carry or
- I carried
tu as porté
- you have carried or you did carry - (familiar or informal) or
- you carried
il, elle, on a porté
- he, she, it, one has carry or did carry
- he, she, it carried
nous avons porté
- we have carried or we did carry
- we carried
vous avez porté
- you have carried or you did carry (formal or plural) or
- or we carried
ils, elles ont porté
- they have carried or they did carry
- they carried

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of porter - carry in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -carry conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais porté
- I had carried
tu avais porté
- you had carried- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait porté
- he, she, it, one had carried
nous avions porté
- we had carried
vous aviez porté
- you had carried (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient porté
- they had carried

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
futur antérieur

j’aurai porté
- I will have
tu auras porté
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura porté
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons porté
- we will have
vous aurez porté
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront porté
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
conditionnel passé

j’aurais porté
- I would have carried
tu aurais porté
- you would have carried- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait porté
- he, she, it, one would have carried
nous aurions porté
- we would have carried
vous auriez porté
- you would have carried- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient porté
- they would have carried

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Imperative Tense conjugations of porter, the French for carry
impératif

porte
- carry!
portons
- let’s carry!
portez
- carry!

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Present Participle of porter

portant - carrying

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