The French for feed, nourish is the verb alimenter

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French for feed, nourish is the regular ER verb alimenter, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb alimenter - French for feed, nourish

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of alimenter, which is French for feed, nourish.

• I feed, nourish.
• you fed.
• he will feed, nourish.
• we would feed, nourish.
• they may feed, nourish.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for alimenter, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE alimenter
Simple Tenses alimenter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent feed, nourish	alimente	alimentes	alimente	alimentons	alimentez	alimentent
Past Imperfect Imparfait fed	alimentais	alimentais	alimentait	alimentions	alimentiez	alimentaient
Simple Past Passé Simple fed	alimentai	alimentas	alimenta	alimentâmes	alimentâtes	alimentèrent
Future Futur will feed, nourish	alimenterai	alimenteras	alimentera	alimenterons	alimenterez	alimenteront
Conditional Conditionnel would feed, nourish	alimenterais	alimenterais	alimenterait	alimenterions	alimenteriez	alimenteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may feed, nourish	alimente	alimentes	alimente	alimentions	alimentiez	alimentent
Compound Tenses alimenter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have fed	ai alimenté	as alimenté	a alimenté	avons alimenté	avez alimenté	ont alimenté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had fed	avais alimenté	avais alimenté	avait alimenté	avions alimenté	aviez alimenté	avaient alimenté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai alimenté	auras alimenté	aura alimenté	aurons alimenté	aurez alimenté	auront alimenté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have fed	aurais alimenté	aurais alimenté	aurait alimenté	aurions alimenté	auriez alimenté	auraient alimenté
Imperative Imperatif feed, nourish!		alimente		alimentons	alimentez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of alimenter the French for feed, nourish
présent de l’indicatif

j’alimente
- I feed, nourish
tu alimentes
- you feed, nourish - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alimente
- he, she, it, one feeds
nous alimentons
- we feed, nourish
vous alimentez
- you feed, nourish (formal or plural)
ils, elles alimentent
- they feed, nourish

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’alimentais
- I fed
- I was feeding
tu alimentais
- you fed- (familiar or informal)
- you were feeding
il, elle, on alimentait
- he, she, it, one fed
- he, she, it, one was feeding
nous alimentions
- we fed
- we were feeding
vous alimentiez
- you fed- (formal or plural)
- you were feeding
ils, elles alimentaient
- they fed
- they were feeding

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
passé simple

j’alimentai
- I fed
tu alimentas
- you fed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alimenta
- he, she, it, one fed
nous alimentâmes
- we fed
vous alimentâtes
- you fed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles alimentèrent
they fed
(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 alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
futur

j’alimenterai
- I will feed, nourish
tu alimenteras
- you will feed, nourish (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alimentera
- he, she, it, one will feed, nourish
nous alimenterons
- we will feed, nourish
vous alimenterez
- you will feed, nourish (formal or plural)
ils, elles alimenteront
- they will feed, nourish

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Conditional Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
conditionnel

j’alimenterais
- I would feed, nourish
tu alimenterais
- you would feed, nourish (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alimenterait
- he, she, it, one would feed, nourish
nous alimenterions
- we would feed, nourish
vous alimenteriez
- you would feed, nourish (formal or plural)
ils, elles alimenteraient
- they would feed, nourish

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
présent de subjonctif

que j’alimente
- that I may feed, nourish
que tu alimentes
- that you may feed, nourish(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on alimente
- that he, she, it, one may feed, nourish
que nous alimentions
- that we may feed, nourish
que vous alimentiez
- that you may feed, nourish(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles alimentent
- that they may feed, nourish

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb alimenter - the verb ‘to feed, nourish’ in French

Past Participle of alimenter is:
alimenté -fed.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of alimenter - French for feed, nourish
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of alimenter - feed, nourish in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish
impératif

alimente
- feed, nourish!
alimentons
- let’s feed, nourish!
alimentez
- feed, nourish!

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Present Participle of alimenter

alimentant - feeding

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like alimenter the French for feed, nourish

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