The French for forgive is the verb pardonner

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

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So, if you want to know how to say forgive 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 pardonner - French for forgive

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of pardonner, which is French for forgive.

• I forgive.
• you forgave.
• he will forgive.
• we would forgive.
• they may forgive.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE pardonner
Simple Tenses pardonner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent forgive	pardonne	pardonnes	pardonne	pardonnons	pardonnez	pardonnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait forgave	pardonnais	pardonnais	pardonnait	pardonnions	pardonniez	pardonnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple forgave	pardonnai	pardonnas	pardonna	pardonnâmes	pardonnâtes	pardonnèrent
Future Futur will forgive	pardonnerai	pardonneras	pardonnera	pardonnerons	pardonnerez	pardonneront
Conditional Conditionnel would forgive	pardonnerais	pardonnerais	pardonnerait	pardonnerions	pardonneriez	pardonneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may forgive	pardonne	pardonnes	pardonne	pardonnions	pardonniez	pardonnent
Compound Tenses pardonner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have forgave	ai pardonné	as pardonné	a pardonné	avons pardonné	avez pardonné	ont pardonné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had forgave	avais pardonné	avais pardonné	avait pardonné	avions pardonné	aviez pardonné	avaient pardonné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai pardonné	auras pardonné	aura pardonné	aurons pardonné	aurez pardonné	auront pardonné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have forgave	aurais pardonné	aurais pardonné	aurait pardonné	aurions pardonné	auriez pardonné	auraient pardonné
Imperative Imperatif forgive!		pardonne		pardonnons	pardonnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of pardonner the French for forgive
présent de l’indicatif

je pardonne
- I forgive
tu pardonnes
- you forgive - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pardonne
- he, she, it, one forgives
nous pardonnons
- we forgive
vous pardonnez
- you forgive (formal or plural)
ils, elles pardonnent
- they forgive

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
imparfait de l’indicatif

je pardonnais
- I forgave
- I was forgiving
tu pardonnais
- you forgave- (familiar or informal)
- you were forgiving
il, elle, on pardonnait
- he, she, it, one forgave
- he, she, it, one was forgiving
nous pardonnions
- we forgave
- we were forgiving
vous pardonniez
- you forgave- (formal or plural)
- you were forgiving
ils, elles pardonnaient
- they forgave
- they were forgiving

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
passé simple

je pardonnai
- I forgave
tu pardonnas
- you forgave- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pardonna
- he, she, it, one forgave
nous pardonnâmes
- we forgave
vous pardonnâtes
- you forgave- (formal or plural)
ils, elles pardonnèrent
they forgave
(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 pardonner, the French for forgive
futur

je pardonnerai
- I will forgive
tu pardonneras
- you will forgive (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pardonnera
- he, she, it, one will forgive
nous pardonnerons
- we will forgive
vous pardonnerez
- you will forgive (formal or plural)
ils, elles pardonneront
- they will forgive

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Conditional Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
conditionnel

je pardonnerais
- I would forgive
tu pardonnerais
- you would forgive (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pardonnerait
- he, she, it, one would forgive
nous pardonnerions
- we would forgive
vous pardonneriez
- you would forgive (formal or plural)
ils, elles pardonneraient
- they would forgive

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
présent de subjonctif

que je pardonne
- that I may forgive
que tu pardonnes
- that you may forgive(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on pardonne
- that he, she, it, one may forgive
que nous pardonnions
- that we may forgive
que vous pardonniez
- that you may forgive(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles pardonnent
- that they may forgive

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb pardonner - the verb ‘to forgive’ in French

Past Participle of pardonner is:
pardonné -forgave.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of pardonner - French for forgive
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of pardonner, the French for forgive
impératif

pardonne
- forgive!
pardonnons
- let’s forgive!
pardonnez
- forgive!

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Present Participle of pardonner

pardonnant - forgiving

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