The French for contract is the verb contracter

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French for contract is the regular ER verb contracter, 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 contract 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 contracter - French for contract

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of contracter, which is French for contract.

• I contract.
• you contracted.
• he will contract.
• we would contract.
• they may contract.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for contracter, 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 contracter
Simple Tenses contracter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent contract	contracte	contractes	contracte	contractons	contractez	contractent
Past Imperfect Imparfait contracted	contractais	contractais	contractait	contractions	contractiez	contractaient
Simple Past Passé Simple contracted	contractai	contractas	contracta	contractâmes	contractâtes	contractèrent
Future Futur will contract	contracterai	contracteras	contractera	contracterons	contracterez	contracteront
Conditional Conditionnel would contract	contracterais	contracterais	contracterait	contracterions	contracteriez	contracteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may contract	contracte	contractes	contracte	contractions	contractiez	contractent
Compound Tenses contracter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have contracted	ai contracté	as contracté	a contracté	avons contracté	avez contracté	ont contracté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had contracted	avais contracté	avais contracté	avait contracté	avions contracté	aviez contracté	avaient contracté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai contracté	auras contracté	aura contracté	aurons contracté	aurez contracté	auront contracté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have contracted	aurais contracté	aurais contracté	aurait contracté	aurions contracté	auriez contracté	auraient contracté
Imperative Imperatif contract!		contracte		contractons	contractez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of contracter the French for contract
présent de l’indicatif

je contracte
- I contract
tu contractes
- you contract - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contracte
- he, she, it, one contracts
nous contractons
- we contract
vous contractez
- you contract (formal or plural)
ils, elles contractent
- they contract

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
imparfait de l’indicatif

je contractais
- I contracted
- I was contracting
tu contractais
- you contracted- (familiar or informal)
- you were contracting
il, elle, on contractait
- he, she, it, one contracted
- he, she, it, one was contracting
nous contractions
- we contracted
- we were contracting
vous contractiez
- you contracted- (formal or plural)
- you were contracting
ils, elles contractaient
- they contracted
- they were contracting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
passé simple

je contractai
- I contracted
tu contractas
- you contracted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contracta
- he, she, it, one contracted
nous contractâmes
- we contracted
vous contractâtes
- you contracted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles contractèrent
they contracted
(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 contracter, the French for contract
futur

je contracterai
- I will contract
tu contracteras
- you will contract (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contractera
- he, she, it, one will contract
nous contracterons
- we will contract
vous contracterez
- you will contract (formal or plural)
ils, elles contracteront
- they will contract

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Conditional Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
conditionnel

je contracterais
- I would contract
tu contracterais
- you would contract (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contracterait
- he, she, it, one would contract
nous contracterions
- we would contract
vous contracteriez
- you would contract (formal or plural)
ils, elles contracteraient
- they would contract

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
présent de subjonctif

que je contracte
- that I may contract
que tu contractes
- that you may contract(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on contracte
- that he, she, it, one may contract
que nous contractions
- that we may contract
que vous contractiez
- that you may contract(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles contractent
- that they may contract

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb contracter - the verb ‘to contract’ in French

Past Participle of contracter is:
contracté -contracted.

Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to to construction of compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of contracter - French for contract
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of contracter, the French for contract
impératif

contracte
- contract!
contractons
- let’s contract!
contractez
- contract!

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Present Participle of contracter

contractant - contracting

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