The French for teach is the verb enseigner

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French for teach is the regular ER verb enseigner, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb enseigner - French for teach

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of enseigner, which is French for teach.

• I teach.
• you taught.
• he will teach.
• we would teach.
• they may teach.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for enseigner, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE enseigner
Simple Tenses enseigner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent teach	enseigne	enseignes	enseigne	enseignons	enseignez	enseignent
Past Imperfect Imparfait taught	enseignais	enseignais	enseignait	enseignions	enseigniez	enseignaient
Simple Past Passé Simple taught	enseignai	enseignas	enseigna	enseignâmes	enseignâtes	enseignèrent
Future Futur will teach	enseignerai	enseigneras	enseignera	enseignerons	enseignerez	enseigneront
Conditional Conditionnel would teach	enseignerais	enseignerais	enseignerait	enseignerions	enseigneriez	enseigneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may teach	enseigne	enseignes	enseigne	enseignions	enseigniez	enseignent
Compound Tenses enseigner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have taught	ai enseigné	as enseigné	a enseigné	avons enseigné	avez enseigné	ont enseigné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had taught	avais enseigné	avais enseigné	avait enseigné	avions enseigné	aviez enseigné	avaient enseigné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai enseigné	auras enseigné	aura enseigné	aurons enseigné	aurez enseigné	auront enseigné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have taught	aurais enseigné	aurais enseigné	aurait enseigné	aurions enseigné	auriez enseigné	auraient enseigné
Imperative Imperatif teach!		enseigne		enseignons	enseignez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of enseigner the French for teach
présent de l’indicatif

j’enseigne
- I teach
tu enseignes
- you teach - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enseigne
- he, she, it, one teaches
nous enseignons
- we teach
vous enseignez
- you teach (formal or plural)
ils, elles enseignent
- they teach

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’enseignais
- I taught
- I was teaching
tu enseignais
- you taught- (familiar or informal)
- you were teaching
il, elle, on enseignait
- he, she, it, one taught
- he, she, it, one was teaching
nous enseignions
- we taught
- we were teaching
vous enseigniez
- you taught- (formal or plural)
- you were teaching
ils, elles enseignaient
- they taught
- they were teaching

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
passé simple

j’enseignai
- I taught
tu enseignas
- you taught- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enseigna
- he, she, it, one taught
nous enseignâmes
- we taught
vous enseignâtes
- you taught- (formal or plural)
ils, elles enseignèrent
they taught
(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 enseigner, the French for teach
futur

j’enseignerai
- I will teach
tu enseigneras
- you will teach (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enseignera
- he, she, it, one will teach
nous enseignerons
- we will teach
vous enseignerez
- you will teach (formal or plural)
ils, elles enseigneront
- they will teach

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Conditional Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
conditionnel

j’enseignerais
- I would teach
tu enseignerais
- you would teach (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enseignerait
- he, she, it, one would teach
nous enseignerions
- we would teach
vous enseigneriez
- you would teach (formal or plural)
ils, elles enseigneraient
- they would teach

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
présent de subjonctif

que j’enseigne
- that I may teach
que tu enseignes
- that you may teach(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on enseigne
- that he, she, it, one may teach
que nous enseignions
- that we may teach
que vous enseigniez
- that you may teach(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles enseignent
- that they may teach

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb enseigner - the verb ‘to teach’ in French

Past Participle of enseigner is:
enseigné -taught.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of enseigner - French for teach
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of enseigner, the French for teach
impératif

enseigne
- teach!
enseignons
- let’s teach!
enseignez
- teach!

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Present Participle of enseigner

enseignant - teaching

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