The French for counter is the verb contrer

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French for counter is the regular ER verb contrer, 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 contrer - French for counter

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of contrer, which is French for counter.

• I counter.
• you countered.
• he will counter.
• we would counter.
• they may counter.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for contrer, give you the tools to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE contrer
Simple Tenses contrer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent counter	contre	contres	contre	controns	contrez	contrent
Past Imperfect Imparfait countered	contrais	contrais	contrait	contrions	contriez	contraient
Simple Past Passé Simple countered	contrai	contras	contra	contrâmes	contrâtes	contrèrent
Future Futur will counter	contrerai	contreras	contrera	contrerons	contrerez	contreront
Conditional Conditionnel would counter	contrerais	contrerais	contrerait	contrerions	contreriez	contreraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may counter	contre	contres	contre	contrions	contriez	contrent
Compound Tenses contrer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have countered	ai contré	as contré	a contré	avons contré	avez contré	ont contré
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had countered	avais contré	avais contré	avait contré	avions contré	aviez contré	avaient contré
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai contré	auras contré	aura contré	aurons contré	aurez contré	auront contré
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have countered	aurais contré	aurais contré	aurait contré	aurions contré	auriez contré	auraient contré
Imperative Imperatif counter!		contre		controns	contrez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of contrer the French for counter
présent de l’indicatif

je contre
- I counter
tu contres
- you counter - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contre
- he, she, it, one counters
nous controns
- we counter
vous contrez
- you counter (formal or plural)
ils, elles contrent
- they counter

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
imparfait de l’indicatif

je contrais
- I countered
- I was countering
tu contrais
- you countered- (familiar or informal)
- you were countering
il, elle, on contrait
- he, she, it, one countered
- he, she, it, one was countering
nous contrions
- we countered
- we were countering
vous contriez
- you countered- (formal or plural)
- you were countering
ils, elles contraient
- they countered
- they were countering

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
passé simple

je contrai
- I countered
tu contras
- you countered- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contra
- he, she, it, one countered
nous contrâmes
- we countered
vous contrâtes
- you countered- (formal or plural)
ils, elles contrèrent
they countered
(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 contrer, the French for counter
futur

je contrerai
- I will counter
tu contreras
- you will counter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contrera
- he, she, it, one will counter
nous contrerons
- we will counter
vous contrerez
- you will counter (formal or plural)
ils, elles contreront
- they will counter

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Conditional Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
conditionnel

je contrerais
- I would counter
tu contrerais
- you would counter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on contrerait
- he, she, it, one would counter
nous contrerions
- we would counter
vous contreriez
- you would counter (formal or plural)
ils, elles contreraient
- they would counter

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
présent de subjonctif

que je contre
- that I may counter
que tu contres
- that you may counter(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on contre
- that he, she, it, one may counter
que nous contrions
- that we may counter
que vous contriez
- that you may counter(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles contrent
- that they may counter

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb contrer - the verb ‘to counter’ in French

Past Participle of contrer is:
contré -countered.

The past participle is combined with the tenses of avoir, to make the compounds. Four are in common use.

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

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

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of contrer, the French for counter
impératif

contre
- counter!
controns
- let’s counter!
contrez
- counter!

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Present Participle of contrer

contrant - countering

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