The French for dream is the verb rêver

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

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb rêver - French for dream

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of rêver, which is French for dream.

• I dream.
• you dreamed.
• he will dream.
• we would dream.
• they may dream.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for rêver, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE rêver
Simple Tenses rêver
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent dream	rêve	rêves	rêve	rêvons	rêvez	rêvent
Past Imperfect Imparfait dreamed	rêvais	rêvais	rêvait	rêvions	rêviez	rêvaient
Simple Past Passé Simple dreamed	rêvai	rêvas	rêva	rêvâmes	rêvâtes	rêvèrent
Future Futur will dream	rêverai	rêveras	rêvera	rêverons	rêverez	rêveront
Conditional Conditionnel would dream	rêverais	rêverais	rêverait	rêverions	rêveriez	rêveraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may dream	rêve	rêves	rêve	rêvions	rêviez	rêvent
Compound Tenses rêver
Present Perfect Passé Composé have dreamed	ai rêvé	as rêvé	a rêvé	avons rêvé	avez rêvé	ont rêvé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had dreamed	avais rêvé	avais rêvé	avait rêvé	avions rêvé	aviez rêvé	avaient rêvé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai rêvé	auras rêvé	aura rêvé	aurons rêvé	aurez rêvé	auront rêvé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have dreamed	aurais rêvé	aurais rêvé	aurait rêvé	aurions rêvé	auriez rêvé	auraient rêvé
Imperative Imperatif dream!		rêve		rêvons	rêvez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of rêver the French for dream
présent de l’indicatif

je rêve
- I dream
tu rêves
- you dream - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rêve
- he, she, it, one dreams
nous rêvons
- we dream
vous rêvez
- you dream (formal or plural)
ils, elles rêvent
- they dream

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
imparfait de l’indicatif

je rêvais
- I dreamed
- I was dreaming
tu rêvais
- you dreamed- (familiar or informal)
- you were dreaming
il, elle, on rêvait
- he, she, it, one dreamed
- he, she, it, one was dreaming
nous rêvions
- we dreamed
- we were dreaming
vous rêviez
- you dreamed- (formal or plural)
- you were dreaming
ils, elles rêvaient
- they dreamed
- they were dreaming

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
passé simple

je rêvai
- I dreamed
tu rêvas
- you dreamed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rêva
- he, she, it, one dreamed
nous rêvâmes
- we dreamed
vous rêvâtes
- you dreamed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles rêvèrent
they dreamed
(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 rêver, the French for dream
futur

je rêverai
- I will dream
tu rêveras
- you will dream (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rêvera
- he, she, it, one will dream
nous rêverons
- we will dream
vous rêverez
- you will dream (formal or plural)
ils, elles rêveront
- they will dream

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Conditional Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
conditionnel

je rêverais
- I would dream
tu rêverais
- you would dream (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on rêverait
- he, she, it, one would dream
nous rêverions
- we would dream
vous rêveriez
- you would dream (formal or plural)
ils, elles rêveraient
- they would dream

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
présent de subjonctif

que je rêve
- that I may dream
que tu rêves
- that you may dream(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on rêve
- that he, she, it, one may dream
que nous rêvions
- that we may dream
que vous rêviez
- that you may dream(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles rêvent
- that they may dream

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb rêver - the verb ‘to dream’ in French

Past Participle of rêver is:
rêvé -dreamed.

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 dreamed
• you had dreamed
• he will have dreamed
• we would have dreamed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of rêver - French for dream
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of rêver, the French for dream
impératif

rêve
- dream!
rêvons
- let’s dream!
rêvez
- dream!

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Present Participle of rêver

rêvant - dreaming

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like rêver the French for dream

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