How Is Espérer Conjugated in French

When you want to say to hope in French, use the verb  espà ©rer. In order to transform it to a specific tense, such as hoped or hoping, you will need to conjugate it. This one is a bit of a challenge, but a quick lesson will run you through the simplest and most useful verb forms. Conjugating the French Verb  Espà ©rer French verb conjugations are more complicated than they are in English. Where English uses just a few endings like -ing or -ed, French requires a new infinitive ending for every subject pronoun as well as every tense of the verb. This means that we have more words to commit to memory. Espà ©rer  is a  stem-changing verb  and it follows the rules of most verbs that end with -e_er. In general, you should look out for the forms in which the acute à © changes to the grave à ¨. At the same time, in the future tense, either accented E can be used. Other than that minor (but important) spelling change,  espà ©rer  uses the same endings as regular -ER verbs. Simply match the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense in this table to study these forms. For instance, I hope is jespà ¨re while we will hope can be either nous espà ©rerons or nous espà ¨rerons. Subject Present Future Imperfect j' espà ¨re espà ©reraiespà ¨rerai espà ©rais tu espà ¨res espà ©rerasespà ¨reras espà ©rais il espà ¨re espà ©reraespà ¨rera espà ©rait nous espà ©rons espà ©reronsespà ¨rerons espà ©rions vous espà ©rez espà ©rerezespà ¨rerez espà ©riez ils espà ¨rent espà ©rerontespà ¨reront espà ©raient The Present Participle of  Espà ©rer To form the  present participle  of espà ©rer,  add -ant  to the verb stem. This creates the word  espà ©rant, which can be useful beyond a verb. In some circumstances, it becomes an adjective, gerund, or noun. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © Besides the imperfect, you can also use the  passà © composà ©Ã‚  to express the past tense hoped in French. When doing so, conjugate the  auxiliary verb  avoir, then add the  past participle  espà ©rà ©. As an example, I hoped is jai espà ©rà © while we hoped is nous avons espà ©rà ©. More Simple  Espà ©rer  Conjugations While those are the most important conjugations of espà ©rer  to memorize, you may find a few more helpful as well. For instance, when the verbs action is questionable, either the subjunctive verb mood or the conditional form may be appropriate. If you read a lot of French, its likely that you will encounter either the passà © simple or the imperfect subjunctive. These are common in literature and its a good idea to be able to recognize them. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Passà © Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j' espà ¨re espà ©reraisespà ¨rerais espà ©rai espà ©rasse tu espà ¨res espà ©reraisespà ¨rerais espà ©ras espà ©rasses il espà ¨re espà ©reraitespà ¨rerait espà ©ra espà ©rà ¢t nous espà ©rions espà ©rerionsespà ¨rerions espà ©rà ¢mes espà ©rassions vous espà ©riez espà ©reriezespà ¨reriez espà ©rà ¢tes espà ©rassiez ils espà ¨rent espà ©reraientespà ¨reraient espà ©rà ¨rent espà ©rassent The imperative verb form is used to form quick and often assertive statements or exclamations. When using this one, skip the subject pronoun. Rather than saying tu espà ¨re, use espà ¨re alone. Imperative (tu) espà ¨re (nous) espà ©rons (vous) espà ©rez