The French for fast is the verb jeûner

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French for fast is the regular ER verb jeûner, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb jeûner - French for fast

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of jeûner, which is French for fast.

• I fast.
• you fasted.
• he will fast.
• we would fast.
• they may fast.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for jeûner, 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 jeûner
Simple Tenses jeûner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent fast	jeûne	jeûnes	jeûne	jeûnons	jeûnez	jeûnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait fasted	jeûnais	jeûnais	jeûnait	jeûnions	jeûniez	jeûnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple fasted	jeûnai	jeûnas	jeûna	jeûnâmes	jeûnâtes	jeûnèrent
Future Futur will fast	jeûnerai	jeûneras	jeûnera	jeûnerons	jeûnerez	jeûneront
Conditional Conditionnel would fast	jeûnerais	jeûnerais	jeûnerait	jeûnerions	jeûneriez	jeûneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may fast	jeûne	jeûnes	jeûne	jeûnions	jeûniez	jeûnent
Compound Tenses jeûner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have fasted	ai jeûné	as jeûné	a jeûné	avons jeûné	avez jeûné	ont jeûné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had fasted	avais jeûné	avais jeûné	avait jeûné	avions jeûné	aviez jeûné	avaient jeûné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai jeûné	auras jeûné	aura jeûné	aurons jeûné	aurez jeûné	auront jeûné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have fasted	aurais jeûné	aurais jeûné	aurait jeûné	aurions jeûné	auriez jeûné	auraient jeûné
Imperative Imperatif fast!		jeûne		jeûnons	jeûnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of jeûner the French for fast
présent de l’indicatif

je jeûne
- I fast
tu jeûnes
- you fast - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on jeûne
- he, she, it, one fasts
nous jeûnons
- we fast
vous jeûnez
- you fast (formal or plural)
ils, elles jeûnent
- they fast

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
imparfait de l’indicatif

je jeûnais
- I fasted
- I was fasting
tu jeûnais
- you fasted- (familiar or informal)
- you were fasting
il, elle, on jeûnait
- he, she, it, one fasted
- he, she, it, one was fasting
nous jeûnions
- we fasted
- we were fasting
vous jeûniez
- you fasted- (formal or plural)
- you were fasting
ils, elles jeûnaient
- they fasted
- they were fasting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
passé simple

je jeûnai
- I fasted
tu jeûnas
- you fasted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on jeûna
- he, she, it, one fasted
nous jeûnâmes
- we fasted
vous jeûnâtes
- you fasted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles jeûnèrent
they fasted
(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 jeûner, the French for fast
futur

je jeûnerai
- I will fast
tu jeûneras
- you will fast (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on jeûnera
- he, she, it, one will fast
nous jeûnerons
- we will fast
vous jeûnerez
- you will fast (formal or plural)
ils, elles jeûneront
- they will fast

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Conditional Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
conditionnel

je jeûnerais
- I would fast
tu jeûnerais
- you would fast (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on jeûnerait
- he, she, it, one would fast
nous jeûnerions
- we would fast
vous jeûneriez
- you would fast (formal or plural)
ils, elles jeûneraient
- they would fast

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
présent de subjonctif

que je jeûne
- that I may fast
que tu jeûnes
- that you may fast(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on jeûne
- that he, she, it, one may fast
que nous jeûnions
- that we may fast
que vous jeûniez
- that you may fast(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles jeûnent
- that they may fast

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb jeûner - the verb ‘to fast’ in French

Past Participle of jeûner is:
jeûné -fasted.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of jeûner - French for fast
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of jeûner, the French for fast
impératif

jeûne
- fast!
jeûnons
- let’s fast!
jeûnez
- fast!

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Present Participle of jeûner

jeûnant - fasting

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