The French for meet is the verb rencontrer

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French for meet is the regular ER verb rencontrer, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb rencontrer - French for meet

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of rencontrer, which is French for meet.

• I meet.
• you met.
• he will meet.
• we would meet.
• they may meet.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for rencontrer, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE rencontrer
Simple Tenses rencontrer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent meet	rencontre	rencontres	rencontre	rencontrons	rencontrez	rencontrent
Past Imperfect Imparfait met	rencontrais	rencontrais	rencontrait	rencontrions	rencontriez	rencontraient
Simple Past Passé Simple met	rencontrai	rencontras	rencontra	rencontrâmes	rencontrâtes	rencontrèrent
Future Futur will meet	rencontrerai	rencontreras	rencontrera	rencontrerons	rencontrerez	rencontreront
Conditional Conditionnel would meet	rencontrerais	rencontrerais	rencontrerait	rencontrerions	rencontreriez	rencontreraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may meet	rencontre	rencontres	rencontre	rencontrions	rencontriez	rencontrent
Compound Tenses rencontrer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have met	ai rencontré	as rencontré	a rencontré	avons rencontré	avez rencontré	ont rencontré
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had met	avais rencontré	avais rencontré	avait rencontré	avions rencontré	aviez rencontré	avaient rencontré
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai rencontré	auras rencontré	aura rencontré	aurons rencontré	aurez rencontré	auront rencontré
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have met	aurais rencontré	aurais rencontré	aurait rencontré	aurions rencontré	auriez rencontré	auraient rencontré
Imperative Imperatif meet!		rencontre		rencontrons	rencontrez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of rencontrer the French for meet
présent de l’indicatif

je rencontre
- I meet
tu rencontres
- you meet - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rencontre
- he, she, it, one meets
nous rencontrons
- we meet
vous rencontrez
- you meet (formal or plural)
ils, elles rencontrent
- they meet

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
imparfait de l’indicatif

je rencontrais
- I met
- I was meeting
tu rencontrais
- you met- (familiar or informal)
- you were meeting
il, elle, on rencontrait
- he, she, it, one met
- he, she, it, one was meeting
nous rencontrions
- we met
- we were meeting
vous rencontriez
- you met- (formal or plural)
- you were meeting
ils, elles rencontraient
- they met
- they were meeting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
passé simple

je rencontrai
- I met
tu rencontras
- you met- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rencontra
- he, she, it, one met
nous rencontrâmes
- we met
vous rencontrâtes
- you met- (formal or plural)
ils, elles rencontrèrent
they met
(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 rencontrer, the French for meet
futur

je rencontrerai
- I will meet
tu rencontreras
- you will meet (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rencontrera
- he, she, it, one will meet
nous rencontrerons
- we will meet
vous rencontrerez
- you will meet (formal or plural)
ils, elles rencontreront
- they will meet

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Conditional Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
conditionnel

je rencontrerais
- I would meet
tu rencontrerais
- you would meet (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rencontrerait
- he, she, it, one would meet
nous rencontrerions
- we would meet
vous rencontreriez
- you would meet (formal or plural)
ils, elles rencontreraient
- they would meet

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
présent de subjonctif

que je rencontre
- that I may meet
que tu rencontres
- that you may meet(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on rencontre
- that he, she, it, one may meet
que nous rencontrions
- that we may meet
que vous rencontriez
- that you may meet(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles rencontrent
- that they may meet

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb rencontrer - the verb ‘to meet’ in French

Past Participle of rencontrer is:
rencontré -met.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to 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 met
• you had met
• he will have met
• we would have met

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of rencontrer - French for meet
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of rencontrer, the French for meet
impératif

rencontre
- meet!
rencontrons
- let’s meet!
rencontrez
- meet!

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Present Participle of rencontrer

rencontrant - meeting

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like rencontrer the French for meet

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