The French for count is the verb compter

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French for count is the regular ER verb compter, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb compter - French for count

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of compter, which is French for count.

• I count.
• you counted.
• he will count.
• we would count.
• they may count.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE compter
Simple Tenses compter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent count	compte	comptes	compte	comptons	comptez	comptent
Past Imperfect Imparfait counted	comptais	comptais	comptait	comptions	comptiez	comptaient
Simple Past Passé Simple counted	comptai	comptas	compta	comptâmes	comptâtes	comptèrent
Future Futur will count	compterai	compteras	comptera	compterons	compterez	compteront
Conditional Conditionnel would count	compterais	compterais	compterait	compterions	compteriez	compteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may count	compte	comptes	compte	comptions	comptiez	comptent
Compound Tenses compter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have counted	ai compté	as compté	a compté	avons compté	avez compté	ont compté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had counted	avais compté	avais compté	avait compté	avions compté	aviez compté	avaient compté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai compté	auras compté	aura compté	aurons compté	aurez compté	auront compté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have counted	aurais compté	aurais compté	aurait compté	aurions compté	auriez compté	auraient compté
Imperative Imperatif count!		compte		comptons	comptez

Present Indicative présent de l’indicatif

je compte
- I count
tu comptes
- you count - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compte
- he, she, it, one counts
nous comptons
- we count
vous comptez
- you count (formal or plural)
ils, elles comptent
- they count

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Imperfect Indicative imparfait de l’indicatif

je comptais
- I counted
- I was counting
tu comptais
- you counted- (familiar or informal)
- you were counting
il, elle, on comptait
- he, she, it, one counted
- he, she, it, one was counting
nous comptions
- we counted
- we were counting
vous comptiez
- you counted- (formal or plural)
- you were counting
ils, elles comptaient
- they counted
- they were counting

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Simple Past or Past Definite passé simple

je comptai
- I counted
tu comptas
- you counted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compta
- he, she, it, one counted
nous comptâmes
- we counted
vous comptâtes
- you counted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles comptèrent
they counted
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future futur

je compterai
- I will count
tu compteras
- you will count (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on comptera
- he, she, it, one will count
nous compterons
- we will count
vous compterez
- you will count (formal or plural)
ils, elles compteront
- they will count

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Conditional Tense conjugations of compter, the French for count
conditionnel

je compterais
- I would count
tu compterais
- you would count (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compterait
- he, she, it, one would count
nous compterions
- we would count
vous compteriez
- you would count (formal or plural)
ils, elles compteraient
- they would count

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Present Subjunctive présent de subjonctif

que je compte
- that I may count
que tu comptes
- that you may count(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on compte
- that he, she, it, one may count
que nous comptions
- that we may count
que vous comptiez
- that you may count(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles comptent
- that they may count

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb compter - the verb ‘to count’ in French

Past Participle of compter is:
compté -counted.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of compter - French for count
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of compter, the French for count
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of compter, the French for count
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of compter, the French for count
impératif

compte
- count!
comptons
- let’s count!
comptez
- count!

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Present Participle of compter

comptant - counting

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