The French for spend is the verb passer

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French for spend is the regular ER verb passer, 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 passer - French for spend

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of passer, which is French for spend.

• I spend.
• you spent.
• he will spend.
• we would spend.
• they may spend.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for passer, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE passer
Simple Tenses passer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent spend	passe	passes	passe	passons	passez	passent
Past Imperfect Imparfait spent	passais	passais	passait	passions	passiez	passaient
Simple Past Passé Simple spent	passai	passas	passa	passâmes	passâtes	passèrent
Future Futur will spend	passerai	passeras	passera	passerons	passerez	passeront
Conditional Conditionnel would spend	passerais	passerais	passerait	passerions	passeriez	passeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may spend	passe	passes	passe	passions	passiez	passent
Compound Tenses passer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have spent	ai passé	as passé	a passé	avons passé	avez passé	ont passé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had spent	avais passé	avais passé	avait passé	avions passé	aviez passé	avaient passé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai passé	auras passé	aura passé	aurons passé	aurez passé	auront passé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have spent	aurais passé	aurais passé	aurait passé	aurions passé	auriez passé	auraient passé
Imperative Imperatif spend!		passe		passons	passez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of passer the French for spend
présent de l’indicatif

je passe
- I spend
tu passes
- you spend - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on passe
- he, she, it, one spends
nous passons
- we spend
vous passez
- you spend (formal or plural)
ils, elles passent
- they spend

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
imparfait de l’indicatif

je passais
- I spent
- I was spending
tu passais
- you spent- (familiar or informal)
- you were spending
il, elle, on passait
- he, she, it, one spent
- he, she, it, one was spending
nous passions
- we spent
- we were spending
vous passiez
- you spent- (formal or plural)
- you were spending
ils, elles passaient
- they spent
- they were spending

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
passé simple

je passai
- I spent
tu passas
- you spent- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on passa
- he, she, it, one spent
nous passâmes
- we spent
vous passâtes
- you spent- (formal or plural)
ils, elles passèrent
they spent
(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 passer, the French for spend
futur

je passerai
- I will spend
tu passeras
- you will spend (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on passera
- he, she, it, one will spend
nous passerons
- we will spend
vous passerez
- you will spend (formal or plural)
ils, elles passeront
- they will spend

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Conditional Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
conditionnel

je passerais
- I would spend
tu passerais
- you would spend (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on passerait
- he, she, it, one would spend
nous passerions
- we would spend
vous passeriez
- you would spend (formal or plural)
ils, elles passeraient
- they would spend

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
présent de subjonctif

que je passe
- that I may spend
que tu passes
- that you may spend(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on passe
- that he, she, it, one may spend
que nous passions
- that we may spend
que vous passiez
- that you may spend(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles passent
- that they may spend

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb passer - the verb ‘to spend’ in French

Past Participle of passer is:
passé -spent.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of passer - French for spend
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of passer, the French for spend
impératif

passe
- spend!
passons
- let’s spend!
passez
- spend!

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Present Participle of passer

passant - spending

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