The French for compensate, make up for is the verb compenser

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French for compensate, make up for is the regular ER verb compenser, simply presented in our easy-to-use verb conjugation table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb compenser - French for compensate, make up for

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of compenser, which is French for compensate, make up for.

• I compensate, make up for.
• you compensated.
• he will compensate, make up for.
• we would compensate, make up for.
• they may compensate, make up for.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for compenser, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE compenser
Simple Tenses compenser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent compensate, make up for	compense	compenses	compense	compensons	compensez	compensent
Past Imperfect Imparfait compensated	compensais	compensais	compensait	compensions	compensiez	compensaient
Simple Past Passé Simple compensated	compensai	compensas	compensa	compensâmes	compensâtes	compensèrent
Future Futur will compensate, make up for	compenserai	compenseras	compensera	compenserons	compenserez	compenseront
Conditional Conditionnel would compensate, make up for	compenserais	compenserais	compenserait	compenserions	compenseriez	compenseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may compensate, make up for	compense	compenses	compense	compensions	compensiez	compensent
Compound Tenses compenser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have compensated	ai compensé	as compensé	a compensé	avons compensé	avez compensé	ont compensé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had compensated	avais compensé	avais compensé	avait compensé	avions compensé	aviez compensé	avaient compensé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai compensé	auras compensé	aura compensé	aurons compensé	aurez compensé	auront compensé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have compensated	aurais compensé	aurais compensé	aurait compensé	aurions compensé	auriez compensé	auraient compensé
Imperative Imperatif compensate, make up for!		compense		compensons	compensez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of compenser the French for compensate, make up for
présent de l’indicatif

je compense
- I compensate, make up for
tu compenses
- you compensate, make up for - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compense
- he, she, it, one compensates
nous compensons
- we compensate, make up for
vous compensez
- you compensate, make up for (formal or plural)
ils, elles compensent
- they compensate, make up for

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
imparfait de l’indicatif

je compensais
- I compensated
- I was compensating
tu compensais
- you compensated- (familiar or informal)
- you were compensating
il, elle, on compensait
- he, she, it, one compensated
- he, she, it, one was compensating
nous compensions
- we compensated
- we were compensating
vous compensiez
- you compensated- (formal or plural)
- you were compensating
ils, elles compensaient
- they compensated
- they were compensating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
passé simple

je compensai
- I compensated
tu compensas
- you compensated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compensa
- he, she, it, one compensated
nous compensâmes
- we compensated
vous compensâtes
- you compensated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles compensèrent
they compensated
(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 compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
futur

je compenserai
- I will compensate, make up for
tu compenseras
- you will compensate, make up for (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compensera
- he, she, it, one will compensate, make up for
nous compenserons
- we will compensate, make up for
vous compenserez
- you will compensate, make up for (formal or plural)
ils, elles compenseront
- they will compensate, make up for

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Conditional Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
conditionnel

je compenserais
- I would compensate, make up for
tu compenserais
- you would compensate, make up for (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on compenserait
- he, she, it, one would compensate, make up for
nous compenserions
- we would compensate, make up for
vous compenseriez
- you would compensate, make up for (formal or plural)
ils, elles compenseraient
- they would compensate, make up for

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
présent de subjonctif

que je compense
- that I may compensate, make up for
que tu compenses
- that you may compensate, make up for(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on compense
- that he, she, it, one may compensate, make up for
que nous compensions
- that we may compensate, make up for
que vous compensiez
- that you may compensate, make up for(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles compensent
- that they may compensate, make up for

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb compenser - the verb ‘to compensate, make up for’ in French

Past Participle of compenser is:
compensé -compensated.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of compenser - French for compensate, make up for
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of compenser - compensate, make up for in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of compenser, the French for compensate, make up for
impératif

compense
- compensate, make up for!
compensons
- let’s compensate, make up for!
compensez
- compensate, make up for!

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Present Participle of compenser

compensant - compensating

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