The French for sing is the verb chanter

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French for sing is the regular ER verb chanter, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb chanter - French for sing

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of chanter, which is French for sing.

• I sing.
• you singed.
• he will sing.
• we would sing.
• they may sing.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for chanter, 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 chanter
Simple Tenses chanter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent sing	chante	chantes	chante	chantons	chantez	chantent
Past Imperfect Imparfait singed	chantais	chantais	chantait	chantions	chantiez	chantaient
Simple Past Passé Simple singed	chantai	chantas	chanta	chantâmes	chantâtes	chantèrent
Future Futur will sing	chanterai	chanteras	chantera	chanterons	chanterez	chanteront
Conditional Conditionnel would sing	chanterais	chanterais	chanterait	chanterions	chanteriez	chanteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may sing	chante	chantes	chante	chantions	chantiez	chantent
Compound Tenses chanter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have singed	ai chanté	as chanté	a chanté	avons chanté	avez chanté	ont chanté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had singed	avais chanté	avais chanté	avait chanté	avions chanté	aviez chanté	avaient chanté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai chanté	auras chanté	aura chanté	aurons chanté	aurez chanté	auront chanté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have singed	aurais chanté	aurais chanté	aurait chanté	aurions chanté	auriez chanté	auraient chanté
Imperative Imperatif sing!		chante		chantons	chantez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of chanter the French for sing
présent de l’indicatif

je chante
- I sing
tu chantes
- you sing - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on chante
- he, she, it, one sings
nous chantons
- we sing
vous chantez
- you sing (formal or plural)
ils, elles chantent
- they sing

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
imparfait de l’indicatif

je chantais
- I singed
- I was singing
tu chantais
- you singed- (familiar or informal)
- you were singing
il, elle, on chantait
- he, she, it, one singed
- he, she, it, one was singing
nous chantions
- we singed
- we were singing
vous chantiez
- you singed- (formal or plural)
- you were singing
ils, elles chantaient
- they singed
- they were singing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
passé simple

je chantai
- I singed
tu chantas
- you singed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on chanta
- he, she, it, one singed
nous chantâmes
- we singed
vous chantâtes
- you singed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles chantèrent
they singed
(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 chanter, the French for sing
futur

je chanterai
- I will sing
tu chanteras
- you will sing (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on chantera
- he, she, it, one will sing
nous chanterons
- we will sing
vous chanterez
- you will sing (formal or plural)
ils, elles chanteront
- they will sing

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Conditional Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
conditionnel

je chanterais
- I would sing
tu chanterais
- you would sing (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on chanterait
- he, she, it, one would sing
nous chanterions
- we would sing
vous chanteriez
- you would sing (formal or plural)
ils, elles chanteraient
- they would sing

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
présent de subjonctif

que je chante
- that I may sing
que tu chantes
- that you may sing(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on chante
- that he, she, it, one may sing
que nous chantions
- that we may sing
que vous chantiez
- that you may sing(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles chantent
- that they may sing

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb chanter - the verb ‘to sing’ in French

Past Participle of chanter is:
chanté -singed.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of chanter - French for sing
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of chanter, the French for sing
impératif

chante
- sing!
chantons
- let’s sing!
chantez
- sing!

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Present Participle of chanter

chantant - singing

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