The French for alternate, rotate is the verb alterner

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French for alternate, rotate is the regular ER verb alterner, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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So, if you want to know how to say alternate, rotate in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb alterner - French for alternate, rotate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of alterner, which is French for alternate, rotate.

• I alternate, rotate.
• you alternated.
• he will alternate, rotate.
• we would alternate, rotate.
• they may alternate, rotate.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for alterner, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE alterner
Simple Tenses alterner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent alternate, rotate	alterne	alternes	alterne	alternons	alternez	alternent
Past Imperfect Imparfait alternated	alternais	alternais	alternait	alternions	alterniez	alternaient
Simple Past Passé Simple alternated	alternai	alternas	alterna	alternâmes	alternâtes	alternèrent
Future Futur will alternate, rotate	alternerai	alterneras	alternera	alternerons	alternerez	alterneront
Conditional Conditionnel would alternate, rotate	alternerais	alternerais	alternerait	alternerions	alterneriez	alterneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may alternate, rotate	alterne	alternes	alterne	alternions	alterniez	alternent
Compound Tenses alterner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have alternated	ai alterné	as alterné	a alterné	avons alterné	avez alterné	ont alterné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had alternated	avais alterné	avais alterné	avait alterné	avions alterné	aviez alterné	avaient alterné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai alterné	auras alterné	aura alterné	aurons alterné	aurez alterné	auront alterné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have alternated	aurais alterné	aurais alterné	aurait alterné	aurions alterné	auriez alterné	auraient alterné
Imperative Imperatif alternate, rotate!		alterne		alternons	alternez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of alterner the French for alternate, rotate
présent de l’indicatif

j’alterne
- I alternate, rotate
tu alternes
- you alternate, rotate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alterne
- he, she, it, one alternates
nous alternons
- we alternate, rotate
vous alternez
- you alternate, rotate (formal or plural)
ils, elles alternent
- they alternate, rotate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’alternais
- I alternated
- I was alternating
tu alternais
- you alternated- (familiar or informal)
- you were alternating
il, elle, on alternait
- he, she, it, one alternated
- he, she, it, one was alternating
nous alternions
- we alternated
- we were alternating
vous alterniez
- you alternated- (formal or plural)
- you were alternating
ils, elles alternaient
- they alternated
- they were alternating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
passé simple

j’alternai
- I alternated
tu alternas
- you alternated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alterna
- he, she, it, one alternated
nous alternâmes
- we alternated
vous alternâtes
- you alternated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles alternèrent
they alternated
(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 alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
futur

j’alternerai
- I will alternate, rotate
tu alterneras
- you will alternate, rotate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alternera
- he, she, it, one will alternate, rotate
nous alternerons
- we will alternate, rotate
vous alternerez
- you will alternate, rotate (formal or plural)
ils, elles alterneront
- they will alternate, rotate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
conditionnel

j’alternerais
- I would alternate, rotate
tu alternerais
- you would alternate, rotate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alternerait
- he, she, it, one would alternate, rotate
nous alternerions
- we would alternate, rotate
vous alterneriez
- you would alternate, rotate (formal or plural)
ils, elles alterneraient
- they would alternate, rotate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
présent de subjonctif

que j’alterne
- that I may alternate, rotate
que tu alternes
- that you may alternate, rotate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on alterne
- that he, she, it, one may alternate, rotate
que nous alternions
- that we may alternate, rotate
que vous alterniez
- that you may alternate, rotate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles alternent
- that they may alternate, rotate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb alterner - the verb ‘to alternate, rotate’ in French

Past Participle of alterner is:
alterné -alternated.

These past tenses are all made using the tenses of avoir (to have) and the past participle. Being made of two parts they are called 'compound'.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of alterner - French for alternate, rotate
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of alterner - alternate, rotate in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of alterner, the French for alternate, rotate
impératif

alterne
- alternate, rotate!
alternons
- let’s alternate, rotate!
alternez
- alternate, rotate!

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Present Participle of alterner

alternant - alternating

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