The French for deserve is the verb mériter

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French for deserve is the regular ER verb mériter, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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So, if you want to know how to say deserve in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb mériter - French for deserve

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of mériter, which is French for deserve.

• I deserve.
• you deserved.
• he will deserve.
• we would deserve.
• they may deserve.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE mériter
Simple Tenses mériter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent deserve	mérite	mérites	mérite	méritons	méritez	méritent
Past Imperfect Imparfait deserved	méritais	méritais	méritait	méritions	méritiez	méritaient
Simple Past Passé Simple deserved	méritai	méritas	mérita	méritâmes	méritâtes	méritèrent
Future Futur will deserve	mériterai	mériteras	méritera	mériterons	mériterez	mériteront
Conditional Conditionnel would deserve	mériterais	mériterais	mériterait	mériterions	mériteriez	mériteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may deserve	mérite	mérites	mérite	méritions	méritiez	méritent
Compound Tenses mériter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have deserved	ai mérité	as mérité	a mérité	avons mérité	avez mérité	ont mérité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had deserved	avais mérité	avais mérité	avait mérité	avions mérité	aviez mérité	avaient mérité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai mérité	auras mérité	aura mérité	aurons mérité	aurez mérité	auront mérité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have deserved	aurais mérité	aurais mérité	aurait mérité	aurions mérité	auriez mérité	auraient mérité
Imperative Imperatif deserve!		mérite		méritons	méritez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of mériter the French for deserve
présent de l’indicatif

je mérite
- I deserve
tu mérites
- you deserve - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on mérite
- he, she, it, one deserves
nous méritons
- we deserve
vous méritez
- you deserve (formal or plural)
ils, elles méritent
- they deserve

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
imparfait de l’indicatif

je méritais
- I deserved
- I was deserving
tu méritais
- you deserved- (familiar or informal)
- you were deserving
il, elle, on méritait
- he, she, it, one deserved
- he, she, it, one was deserving
nous méritions
- we deserved
- we were deserving
vous méritiez
- you deserved- (formal or plural)
- you were deserving
ils, elles méritaient
- they deserved
- they were deserving

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
passé simple

je méritai
- I deserved
tu méritas
- you deserved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on mérita
- he, she, it, one deserved
nous méritâmes
- we deserved
vous méritâtes
- you deserved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles méritèrent
they deserved
(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 mériter, the French for deserve
futur

je mériterai
- I will deserve
tu mériteras
- you will deserve (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on méritera
- he, she, it, one will deserve
nous mériterons
- we will deserve
vous mériterez
- you will deserve (formal or plural)
ils, elles mériteront
- they will deserve

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Conditional Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
conditionnel

je mériterais
- I would deserve
tu mériterais
- you would deserve (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on mériterait
- he, she, it, one would deserve
nous mériterions
- we would deserve
vous mériteriez
- you would deserve (formal or plural)
ils, elles mériteraient
- they would deserve

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
présent de subjonctif

que je mérite
- that I may deserve
que tu mérites
- that you may deserve(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on mérite
- that he, she, it, one may deserve
que nous méritions
- that we may deserve
que vous méritiez
- that you may deserve(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles méritent
- that they may deserve

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb mériter - the verb ‘to deserve’ in French

Past Participle of mériter is:
mérité -deserved.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of mériter - French for deserve
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of mériter, the French for deserve
impératif

mérite
- deserve!
méritons
- let’s deserve!
méritez
- deserve!

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Present Participle of mériter

méritant - deserving

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