The French for impress is the verb impressionner

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French for impress is the regular ER verb impressionner, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb impressionner - French for impress

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of impressionner, which is French for impress.

• I impress.
• you impressed.
• he will impress.
• we would impress.
• they may impress.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for impressionner, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE impressionner
Simple Tenses impressionner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent impress	impressionne	impressionnes	impressionne	impressionnons	impressionnez	impressionnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait impressed	impressionnais	impressionnais	impressionnait	impressionnions	impressionniez	impressionnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple impressed	impressionnai	impressionnas	impressionna	impressionnâmes	impressionnâtes	impressionnèrent
Future Futur will impress	impressionnerai	impressionneras	impressionnera	impressionnerons	impressionnerez	impressionneront
Conditional Conditionnel would impress	impressionnerais	impressionnerais	impressionnerait	impressionnerions	impressionneriez	impressionneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may impress	impressionne	impressionnes	impressionne	impressionnions	impressionniez	impressionnent
Compound Tenses impressionner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have impressed	ai impressionné	as impressionné	a impressionné	avons impressionné	avez impressionné	ont impressionné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had impressed	avais impressionné	avais impressionné	avait impressionné	avions impressionné	aviez impressionné	avaient impressionné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai impressionné	auras impressionné	aura impressionné	aurons impressionné	aurez impressionné	auront impressionné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have impressed	aurais impressionné	aurais impressionné	aurait impressionné	aurions impressionné	auriez impressionné	auraient impressionné
Imperative Imperatif impress!		impressionne		impressionnons	impressionnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of impressionner the French for impress
présent de l’indicatif

j’impressionne
- I impress
tu impressionnes
- you impress - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on impressionne
- he, she, it, one impresses
nous impressionnons
- we impress
vous impressionnez
- you impress (formal or plural)
ils, elles impressionnent
- they impress

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’impressionnais
- I impressed
- I was impressing
tu impressionnais
- you impressed- (familiar or informal)
- you were impressing
il, elle, on impressionnait
- he, she, it, one impressed
- he, she, it, one was impressing
nous impressionnions
- we impressed
- we were impressing
vous impressionniez
- you impressed- (formal or plural)
- you were impressing
ils, elles impressionnaient
- they impressed
- they were impressing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
passé simple

j’impressionnai
- I impressed
tu impressionnas
- you impressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on impressionna
- he, she, it, one impressed
nous impressionnâmes
- we impressed
vous impressionnâtes
- you impressed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles impressionnèrent
they impressed
(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 impressionner, the French for impress
futur

j’impressionnerai
- I will impress
tu impressionneras
- you will impress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on impressionnera
- he, she, it, one will impress
nous impressionnerons
- we will impress
vous impressionnerez
- you will impress (formal or plural)
ils, elles impressionneront
- they will impress

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Conditional Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
conditionnel

j’impressionnerais
- I would impress
tu impressionnerais
- you would impress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on impressionnerait
- he, she, it, one would impress
nous impressionnerions
- we would impress
vous impressionneriez
- you would impress (formal or plural)
ils, elles impressionneraient
- they would impress

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
présent de subjonctif

que j’impressionne
- that I may impress
que tu impressionnes
- that you may impress(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on impressionne
- that he, she, it, one may impress
que nous impressionnions
- that we may impress
que vous impressionniez
- that you may impress(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles impressionnent
- that they may impress

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb impressionner - the verb ‘to impress’ in French

Past Participle of impressionner is:
impressionné -impressed.

The various tenses of the French verb - to have - avoirecause the past participle is used with , 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 impressed
• you had impressed
• he will have impressed
• we would have impressed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of impressionner - French for impress
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of impressionner, the French for impress
impératif

impressionne
- impress!
impressionnons
- let’s impress!
impressionnez
- impress!

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Present Participle of impressionner

impressionnant - impressing

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