The French for respect is the verb respecter

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French for respect is the regular ER verb respecter, 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 respecter - French for respect

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of respecter, which is French for respect.

• I respect.
• you respected.
• he will respect.
• we would respect.
• they may respect.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for respecter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE respecter
Simple Tenses respecter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent respect	respecte	respectes	respecte	respectons	respectez	respectent
Past Imperfect Imparfait respected	respectais	respectais	respectait	respections	respectiez	respectaient
Simple Past Passé Simple respected	respectai	respectas	respecta	respectâmes	respectâtes	respectèrent
Future Futur will respect	respecterai	respecteras	respectera	respecterons	respecterez	respecteront
Conditional Conditionnel would respect	respecterais	respecterais	respecterait	respecterions	respecteriez	respecteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may respect	respecte	respectes	respecte	respections	respectiez	respectent
Compound Tenses respecter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have respected	ai respecté	as respecté	a respecté	avons respecté	avez respecté	ont respecté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had respected	avais respecté	avais respecté	avait respecté	avions respecté	aviez respecté	avaient respecté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai respecté	auras respecté	aura respecté	aurons respecté	aurez respecté	auront respecté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have respected	aurais respecté	aurais respecté	aurait respecté	aurions respecté	auriez respecté	auraient respecté
Imperative Imperatif respect!		respecte		respectons	respectez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of respecter the French for respect
présent de l’indicatif

je respecte
- I respect
tu respectes
- you respect - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on respecte
- he, she, it, one respects
nous respectons
- we respect
vous respectez
- you respect (formal or plural)
ils, elles respectent
- they respect

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
imparfait de l’indicatif

je respectais
- I respected
- I was respecting
tu respectais
- you respected- (familiar or informal)
- you were respecting
il, elle, on respectait
- he, she, it, one respected
- he, she, it, one was respecting
nous respections
- we respected
- we were respecting
vous respectiez
- you respected- (formal or plural)
- you were respecting
ils, elles respectaient
- they respected
- they were respecting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
passé simple

je respectai
- I respected
tu respectas
- you respected- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on respecta
- he, she, it, one respected
nous respectâmes
- we respected
vous respectâtes
- you respected- (formal or plural)
ils, elles respectèrent
they respected
(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 respecter, the French for respect
futur

je respecterai
- I will respect
tu respecteras
- you will respect (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on respectera
- he, she, it, one will respect
nous respecterons
- we will respect
vous respecterez
- you will respect (formal or plural)
ils, elles respecteront
- they will respect

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Conditional Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
conditionnel

je respecterais
- I would respect
tu respecterais
- you would respect (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on respecterait
- he, she, it, one would respect
nous respecterions
- we would respect
vous respecteriez
- you would respect (formal or plural)
ils, elles respecteraient
- they would respect

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
présent de subjonctif

que je respecte
- that I may respect
que tu respectes
- that you may respect(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on respecte
- that he, she, it, one may respect
que nous respections
- that we may respect
que vous respectiez
- that you may respect(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles respectent
- that they may respect

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb respecter - the verb ‘to respect’ in French

Past Participle of respecter is:
respecté -respected.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of respecter - French for respect
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of respecter, the French for respect
impératif

respecte
- respect!
respectons
- let’s respect!
respectez
- respect!

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Present Participle of respecter

respectant - respecting

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