So, if you want to know how to say feed, nourish in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.
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
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
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).
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Imperative Tense conjugations of alimenter, the French for feed, nourish impératif
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