The French for celebrate is the verb fêter

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French for celebrate is the regular ER verb fêter, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb fêter - French for celebrate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of fêter, which is French for celebrate.

• I celebrate.
• you celebrated.
• he will celebrate.
• we would celebrate.
• they may celebrate.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for fêter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE fêter
Simple Tenses fêter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent celebrate	fête	fêtes	fête	fêtons	fêtez	fêtent
Past Imperfect Imparfait celebrated	fêtais	fêtais	fêtait	fêtions	fêtiez	fêtaient
Simple Past Passé Simple celebrated	fêtai	fêtas	fêta	fêtâmes	fêtâtes	fêtèrent
Future Futur will celebrate	fêterai	fêteras	fêtera	fêterons	fêterez	fêteront
Conditional Conditionnel would celebrate	fêterais	fêterais	fêterait	fêterions	fêteriez	fêteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may celebrate	fête	fêtes	fête	fêtions	fêtiez	fêtent
Compound Tenses fêter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have celebrated	ai fêté	as fêté	a fêté	avons fêté	avez fêté	ont fêté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had celebrated	avais fêté	avais fêté	avait fêté	avions fêté	aviez fêté	avaient fêté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai fêté	auras fêté	aura fêté	aurons fêté	aurez fêté	auront fêté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have celebrated	aurais fêté	aurais fêté	aurait fêté	aurions fêté	auriez fêté	auraient fêté
Imperative Imperatif celebrate!		fête		fêtons	fêtez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of fêter the French for celebrate
présent de l’indicatif

je fête
- I celebrate
tu fêtes
- you celebrate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on fête
- he, she, it, one celebrates
nous fêtons
- we celebrate
vous fêtez
- you celebrate (formal or plural)
ils, elles fêtent
- they celebrate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
imparfait de l’indicatif

je fêtais
- I celebrated
- I was celebrating
tu fêtais
- you celebrated- (familiar or informal)
- you were celebrating
il, elle, on fêtait
- he, she, it, one celebrated
- he, she, it, one was celebrating
nous fêtions
- we celebrated
- we were celebrating
vous fêtiez
- you celebrated- (formal or plural)
- you were celebrating
ils, elles fêtaient
- they celebrated
- they were celebrating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
passé simple

je fêtai
- I celebrated
tu fêtas
- you celebrated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on fêta
- he, she, it, one celebrated
nous fêtâmes
- we celebrated
vous fêtâtes
- you celebrated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles fêtèrent
they celebrated
(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 fêter, the French for celebrate
futur

je fêterai
- I will celebrate
tu fêteras
- you will celebrate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on fêtera
- he, she, it, one will celebrate
nous fêterons
- we will celebrate
vous fêterez
- you will celebrate (formal or plural)
ils, elles fêteront
- they will celebrate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
conditionnel

je fêterais
- I would celebrate
tu fêterais
- you would celebrate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on fêterait
- he, she, it, one would celebrate
nous fêterions
- we would celebrate
vous fêteriez
- you would celebrate (formal or plural)
ils, elles fêteraient
- they would celebrate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
présent de subjonctif

que je fête
- that I may celebrate
que tu fêtes
- that you may celebrate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on fête
- that he, she, it, one may celebrate
que nous fêtions
- that we may celebrate
que vous fêtiez
- that you may celebrate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles fêtent
- that they may celebrate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb fêter - the verb ‘to celebrate’ in French

Past Participle of fêter is:
fêté -celebrated.

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 celebrated
• you had celebrated
• he will have celebrated
• we would have celebrated

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of fêter - French for celebrate
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of fêter, the French for celebrate
impératif

fête
- celebrate!
fêtons
- let’s celebrate!
fêtez
- celebrate!

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Present Participle of fêter

fêtant - celebrating

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