The French for fool, deceive is the verb berner

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French for fool, deceive is the regular ER verb berner, 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 berner - French for fool, deceive

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of berner, which is French for fool, deceive.

• I fool, deceive.
• you fooled.
• he will fool, deceive.
• we would fool, deceive.
• they may fool, deceive.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for berner, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE berner
Simple Tenses berner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent fool, deceive	berne	bernes	berne	bernons	bernez	bernent
Past Imperfect Imparfait fooled	bernais	bernais	bernait	bernions	berniez	bernaient
Simple Past Passé Simple fooled	bernai	bernas	berna	bernâmes	bernâtes	bernèrent
Future Futur will fool, deceive	bernerai	berneras	bernera	bernerons	bernerez	berneront
Conditional Conditionnel would fool, deceive	bernerais	bernerais	bernerait	bernerions	berneriez	berneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may fool, deceive	berne	bernes	berne	bernions	berniez	bernent
Compound Tenses berner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have fooled	ai berné	as berné	a berné	avons berné	avez berné	ont berné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had fooled	avais berné	avais berné	avait berné	avions berné	aviez berné	avaient berné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai berné	auras berné	aura berné	aurons berné	aurez berné	auront berné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have fooled	aurais berné	aurais berné	aurait berné	aurions berné	auriez berné	auraient berné
Imperative Imperatif fool, deceive!		berne		bernons	bernez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of berner the French for fool, deceive
présent de l’indicatif

je berne
- I fool, deceive
tu bernes
- you fool, deceive - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on berne
- he, she, it, one fools
nous bernons
- we fool, deceive
vous bernez
- you fool, deceive (formal or plural)
ils, elles bernent
- they fool, deceive

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
imparfait de l’indicatif

je bernais
- I fooled
- I was fooling
tu bernais
- you fooled- (familiar or informal)
- you were fooling
il, elle, on bernait
- he, she, it, one fooled
- he, she, it, one was fooling
nous bernions
- we fooled
- we were fooling
vous berniez
- you fooled- (formal or plural)
- you were fooling
ils, elles bernaient
- they fooled
- they were fooling

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
passé simple

je bernai
- I fooled
tu bernas
- you fooled- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on berna
- he, she, it, one fooled
nous bernâmes
- we fooled
vous bernâtes
- you fooled- (formal or plural)
ils, elles bernèrent
they fooled
(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 berner, the French for fool, deceive
futur

je bernerai
- I will fool, deceive
tu berneras
- you will fool, deceive (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bernera
- he, she, it, one will fool, deceive
nous bernerons
- we will fool, deceive
vous bernerez
- you will fool, deceive (formal or plural)
ils, elles berneront
- they will fool, deceive

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Conditional Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
conditionnel

je bernerais
- I would fool, deceive
tu bernerais
- you would fool, deceive (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bernerait
- he, she, it, one would fool, deceive
nous bernerions
- we would fool, deceive
vous berneriez
- you would fool, deceive (formal or plural)
ils, elles berneraient
- they would fool, deceive

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
présent de subjonctif

que je berne
- that I may fool, deceive
que tu bernes
- that you may fool, deceive(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on berne
- that he, she, it, one may fool, deceive
que nous bernions
- that we may fool, deceive
que vous berniez
- that you may fool, deceive(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles bernent
- that they may fool, deceive

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb berner - the verb ‘to fool, deceive’ in French

Past Participle of berner is:
berné -fooled.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of berner - French for fool, deceive
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of berner - fool, deceive in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of berner, the French for fool, deceive
impératif

berne
- fool, deceive!
bernons
- let’s fool, deceive!
bernez
- fool, deceive!

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Present Participle of berner

bernant - fooling

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like berner the French for fool, deceive

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