The French for exist is the verb exister

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French for exist is the regular ER verb exister, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb exister - French for exist

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of exister, which is French for exist.

• I exist.
• you existed.
• he will exist.
• we would exist.
• they may exist.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for exister, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE exister
Simple Tenses exister
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent exist	existe	existes	existe	existons	existez	existent
Past Imperfect Imparfait existed	existais	existais	existait	existions	existiez	existaient
Simple Past Passé Simple existed	existai	existas	exista	existâmes	existâtes	existèrent
Future Futur will exist	existerai	existeras	existera	existerons	existerez	existeront
Conditional Conditionnel would exist	existerais	existerais	existerait	existerions	existeriez	existeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may exist	existe	existes	existe	existions	existiez	existent
Compound Tenses exister
Present Perfect Passé Composé have existed	ai existé	as existé	a existé	avons existé	avez existé	ont existé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had existed	avais existé	avais existé	avait existé	avions existé	aviez existé	avaient existé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai existé	auras existé	aura existé	aurons existé	aurez existé	auront existé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have existed	aurais existé	aurais existé	aurait existé	aurions existé	auriez existé	auraient existé
Imperative Imperatif exist!		existe		existons	existez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of exister the French for exist
présent de l’indicatif

j’existe
- I exist
tu existes
- you exist - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on existe
- he, she, it, one exists
nous existons
- we exist
vous existez
- you exist (formal or plural)
ils, elles existent
- they exist

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’existais
- I existed
- I was existing
tu existais
- you existed- (familiar or informal)
- you were existing
il, elle, on existait
- he, she, it, one existed
- he, she, it, one was existing
nous existions
- we existed
- we were existing
vous existiez
- you existed- (formal or plural)
- you were existing
ils, elles existaient
- they existed
- they were existing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
passé simple

j’existai
- I existed
tu existas
- you existed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on exista
- he, she, it, one existed
nous existâmes
- we existed
vous existâtes
- you existed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles existèrent
they existed
(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 exister, the French for exist
futur

j’existerai
- I will exist
tu existeras
- you will exist (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on existera
- he, she, it, one will exist
nous existerons
- we will exist
vous existerez
- you will exist (formal or plural)
ils, elles existeront
- they will exist

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Conditional Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
conditionnel

j’existerais
- I would exist
tu existerais
- you would exist (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on existerait
- he, she, it, one would exist
nous existerions
- we would exist
vous existeriez
- you would exist (formal or plural)
ils, elles existeraient
- they would exist

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
présent de subjonctif

que j’existe
- that I may exist
que tu existes
- that you may exist(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on existe
- that he, she, it, one may exist
que nous existions
- that we may exist
que vous existiez
- that you may exist(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles existent
- that they may exist

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb exister - the verb ‘to exist’ in French

Past Participle of exister is:
existé -existed.

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

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of exister - French for exist
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of exister, the French for exist
impératif

existe
- exist!
existons
- let’s exist!
existez
- exist!

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Present Participle of exister

existant - existing

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