The French for
counter-attack is the verb
contre-attaquer

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French for counter-attack is the regular ER verb contre-attaquer, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb contre-attaquer - French for counter-attack

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of contre-attaquer, which is French for counter-attack.

• I counter-attack.
• you counter-attacked.
• he will counter-attack.
• we would counter-attack.
• they may counter-attack.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE contre-attaquer
Simple Tenses contre-attaquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent counter-attack	contre-attaque	contre-attaques	contre-attaque	contre-attaquons	contre-attaquez	contre-attaquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait counter-attacked	contre-attaquais	contre-attaquais	contre-attaquait	contre-attaquions	contre-attaquiez	contre-attaquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple counter-attacked	contre-attaquai	contre-attaquas	contre-attaqua	contre-attaquâmes	contre-attaquâtes	contre-attaquèrent
Future Futur will counter-attack	contre-attaquerai	contre-attaqueras	contre-attaquera	contre-attaquerons	contre-attaquerez	contre-attaqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would counter-attack	contre-attaquerais	contre-attaquerais	contre-attaquerait	contre-attaquerions	contre-attaqueriez	contre-attaqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may counter-attack	contre-attaque	contre-attaques	contre-attaque	contre-attaquions	contre-attaquiez	contre-attaquent
Compound Tenses contre-attaquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have counter-attacked	ai contre-attaqué	as contre-attaqué	a contre-attaqué	avons contre-attaqué	avez contre-attaqué	ont contre-attaqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had counter-attacked	avais contre-attaqué	avais contre-attaqué	avait contre-attaqué	avions contre-attaqué	aviez contre-attaqué	avaient contre-attaqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai contre-attaqué	auras contre-attaqué	aura contre-attaqué	aurons contre-attaqué	aurez contre-attaqué	auront contre-attaqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have counter-attacked	aurais contre-attaqué	aurais contre-attaqué	aurait contre-attaqué	aurions contre-attaqué	auriez contre-attaqué	auraient contre-attaqué
Imperative Imperatif counter-attack!		contre-attaque		contre-attaquons	contre-attaquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer the French for counter-attack
présent de l’indicatif

je contre-attaque
- I counter-attack
tu contre-attaques
- you counter-attack - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contre-attaque
- he, she, it, one counter-attacks
nous contre-attaquons
- we counter-attack
vous contre-attaquez
- you counter-attack (formal or plural)
ils, elles contre-attaquent
- they counter-attack

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
imparfait de l’indicatif

je contre-attaquais
- I counter-attacked
- I was counter-attacking
tu contre-attaquais
- you counter-attacked- (familiar or informal)
- you were counter-attacking
il, elle, on contre-attaquait
- he, she, it, one counter-attacked
- he, she, it, one was counter-attacking
nous contre-attaquions
- we counter-attacked
- we were counter-attacking
vous contre-attaquiez
- you counter-attacked- (formal or plural)
- you were counter-attacking
ils, elles contre-attaquaient
- they counter-attacked
- they were counter-attacking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
passé simple

je contre-attaquai
- I counter-attacked
tu contre-attaquas
- you counter-attacked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contre-attaqua
- he, she, it, one counter-attacked
nous contre-attaquâmes
- we counter-attacked
vous contre-attaquâtes
- you counter-attacked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles contre-attaquèrent
they counter-attacked
(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 contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
futur

je contre-attaquerai
- I will counter-attack
tu contre-attaqueras
- you will counter-attack (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contre-attaquera
- he, she, it, one will counter-attack
nous contre-attaquerons
- we will counter-attack
vous contre-attaquerez
- you will counter-attack (formal or plural)
ils, elles contre-attaqueront
- they will counter-attack

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Conditional Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
conditionnel

je contre-attaquerais
- I would counter-attack
tu contre-attaquerais
- you would counter-attack (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contre-attaquerait
- he, she, it, one would counter-attack
nous contre-attaquerions
- we would counter-attack
vous contre-attaqueriez
- you would counter-attack (formal or plural)
ils, elles contre-attaqueraient
- they would counter-attack

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
présent de subjonctif

que je contre-attaque
- that I may counter-attack
que tu contre-attaques
- that you may counter-attack(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on contre-attaque
- that he, she, it, one may counter-attack
que nous contre-attaquions
- that we may counter-attack
que vous contre-attaquiez
- that you may counter-attack(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles contre-attaquent
- that they may counter-attack

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb contre-attaquer - the verb ‘to counter-attack’ in French

Past Participle of contre-attaquer is:
contre-attaqué -counter-attacked.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have counter-attacked
• you had counter-attacked
• he will have counter-attacked
• we would have counter-attacked

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer - French for counter-attack
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer - counter-attack in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of contre-attaquer, the French for counter-attack
impératif

contre-attaque
- counter-attack!
contre-attaquons
- let’s counter-attack!
contre-attaquez
- counter-attack!

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Present Participle of contre-attaquer

contre-attaquant - counter-attacking

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