The French for close is the verb fermer

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French for close is the regular ER verb fermer, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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So, if you want to know how to say close 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 fermer - French for close

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of fermer, which is French for close.

• I close.
• you closed.
• he will close.
• we would close.
• they may close.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for fermer, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE fermer
Simple Tenses fermer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent close	ferme	fermes	ferme	fermons	fermez	ferment
Past Imperfect Imparfait closed	fermais	fermais	fermait	fermions	fermiez	fermaient
Simple Past Passé Simple closed	fermai	fermas	ferma	fermâmes	fermâtes	fermèrent
Future Futur will close	fermerai	fermeras	fermera	fermerons	fermerez	fermeront
Conditional Conditionnel would close	fermerais	fermerais	fermerait	fermerions	fermeriez	fermeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may close	ferme	fermes	ferme	fermions	fermiez	ferment
Compound Tenses fermer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have closed	ai fermé	as fermé	a fermé	avons fermé	avez fermé	ont fermé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had closed	avais fermé	avais fermé	avait fermé	avions fermé	aviez fermé	avaient fermé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai fermé	auras fermé	aura fermé	aurons fermé	aurez fermé	auront fermé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have closed	aurais fermé	aurais fermé	aurait fermé	aurions fermé	auriez fermé	auraient fermé
Imperative Imperatif close!		ferme		fermons	fermez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of fermer the French for close
présent de l’indicatif

je ferme
- I close
tu fermes
- you close - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ferme
- he, she, it, one closes
nous fermons
- we close
vous fermez
- you close (formal or plural)
ils, elles ferment
- they close

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
imparfait de l’indicatif

je fermais
- I closed
- I was closing
tu fermais
- you closed- (familiar or informal)
- you were closing
il, elle, on fermait
- he, she, it, one closed
- he, she, it, one was closing
nous fermions
- we closed
- we were closing
vous fermiez
- you closed- (formal or plural)
- you were closing
ils, elles fermaient
- they closed
- they were closing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
passé simple

je fermai
- I closed
tu fermas
- you closed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ferma
- he, she, it, one closed
nous fermâmes
- we closed
vous fermâtes
- you closed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles fermèrent
they closed
(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 fermer, the French for close
futur

je fermerai
- I will close
tu fermeras
- you will close (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on fermera
- he, she, it, one will close
nous fermerons
- we will close
vous fermerez
- you will close (formal or plural)
ils, elles fermeront
- they will close

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Conditional Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
conditionnel

je fermerais
- I would close
tu fermerais
- you would close (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on fermerait
- he, she, it, one would close
nous fermerions
- we would close
vous fermeriez
- you would close (formal or plural)
ils, elles fermeraient
- they would close

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
présent de subjonctif

que je ferme
- that I may close
que tu fermes
- that you may close(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on ferme
- that he, she, it, one may close
que nous fermions
- that we may close
que vous fermiez
- that you may close(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles ferment
- that they may close

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb fermer - the verb ‘to close’ in French

Past Participle of fermer is:
fermé -closed.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of fermer - French for close
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of fermer, the French for close
impératif

ferme
- close!
fermons
- let’s close!
fermez
- close!

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Present Participle of fermer

fermant - closing

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