The French for continue is the verb continuer

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French for continue is the regular ER verb continuer, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb continuer - French for continue

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of continuer, which is French for continue.

• I continue.
• you continued.
• he will continue.
• we would continue.
• they may continue.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for continuer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE continuer
Simple Tenses continuer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent continue	continue	continues	continue	continuons	continuez	continuent
Past Imperfect Imparfait continued	continuais	continuais	continuait	continuions	continuiez	continuaient
Simple Past Passé Simple continued	continuai	continuas	continua	continuâmes	continuâtes	continuèrent
Future Futur will continue	continuerai	continueras	continuera	continuerons	continuerez	continueront
Conditional Conditionnel would continue	continuerais	continuerais	continuerait	continuerions	continueriez	continueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may continue	continue	continues	continue	continuions	continuiez	continuent
Compound Tenses continuer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have continued	ai continué	as continué	a continué	avons continué	avez continué	ont continué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had continued	avais continué	avais continué	avait continué	avions continué	aviez continué	avaient continué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai continué	auras continué	aura continué	aurons continué	aurez continué	auront continué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have continued	aurais continué	aurais continué	aurait continué	aurions continué	auriez continué	auraient continué
Imperative Imperatif continue!		continue		continuons	continuez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of continuer the French for continue
présent de l’indicatif

je continue
- I continue
tu continues
- you continue - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on continue
- he, she, it, one continues
nous continuons
- we continue
vous continuez
- you continue (formal or plural)
ils, elles continuent
- they continue

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
imparfait de l’indicatif

je continuais
- I continued
- I was continuing
tu continuais
- you continued- (familiar or informal)
- you were continuing
il, elle, on continuait
- he, she, it, one continued
- he, she, it, one was continuing
nous continuions
- we continued
- we were continuing
vous continuiez
- you continued- (formal or plural)
- you were continuing
ils, elles continuaient
- they continued
- they were continuing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
passé simple

je continuai
- I continued
tu continuas
- you continued- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on continua
- he, she, it, one continued
nous continuâmes
- we continued
vous continuâtes
- you continued- (formal or plural)
ils, elles continuèrent
they continued
(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 continuer, the French for continue
futur

je continuerai
- I will continue
tu continueras
- you will continue (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on continuera
- he, she, it, one will continue
nous continuerons
- we will continue
vous continuerez
- you will continue (formal or plural)
ils, elles continueront
- they will continue

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Conditional Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
conditionnel

je continuerais
- I would continue
tu continuerais
- you would continue (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on continuerait
- he, she, it, one would continue
nous continuerions
- we would continue
vous continueriez
- you would continue (formal or plural)
ils, elles continueraient
- they would continue

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
présent de subjonctif

que je continue
- that I may continue
que tu continues
- that you may continue(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on continue
- that he, she, it, one may continue
que nous continuions
- that we may continue
que vous continuiez
- that you may continue(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles continuent
- that they may continue

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb continuer - the verb ‘to continue’ in French

Past Participle of continuer is:
continué -continued.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of continuer - French for continue
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of continuer, the French for continue
impératif

continue
- continue!
continuons
- let’s continue!
continuez
- continue!

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Present Participle of continuer

continuant - continuing

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