The French for inherit is the verb hériter

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French for inherit is the regular ER verb hériter, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb hériter - French for inherit

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of hériter, which is French for inherit.

• I inherit.
• you inherited.
• he will inherit.
• we would inherit.
• they may inherit.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for hériter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE hériter
Simple Tenses hériter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent inherit	hérite	hérites	hérite	héritons	héritez	héritent
Past Imperfect Imparfait inherited	héritais	héritais	héritait	héritions	héritiez	héritaient
Simple Past Passé Simple inherited	héritai	héritas	hérita	héritâmes	héritâtes	héritèrent
Future Futur will inherit	hériterai	hériteras	héritera	hériterons	hériterez	hériteront
Conditional Conditionnel would inherit	hériterais	hériterais	hériterait	hériterions	hériteriez	hériteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may inherit	hérite	hérites	hérite	héritions	héritiez	héritent
Compound Tenses hériter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have inherited	ai hérité	as hérité	a hérité	avons hérité	avez hérité	ont hérité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had inherited	avais hérité	avais hérité	avait hérité	avions hérité	aviez hérité	avaient hérité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai hérité	auras hérité	aura hérité	aurons hérité	aurez hérité	auront hérité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have inherited	aurais hérité	aurais hérité	aurait hérité	aurions hérité	auriez hérité	auraient hérité
Imperative Imperatif inherit!		hérite		héritons	héritez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of hériter the French for inherit
présent de l’indicatif

je hérite
- I inherit
tu hérites
- you inherit - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hérite
- he, she, it, one inherits
nous héritons
- we inherit
vous héritez
- you inherit (formal or plural)
ils, elles héritent
- they inherit

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
imparfait de l’indicatif

je héritais
- I inherited
- I was inheriting
tu héritais
- you inherited- (familiar or informal)
- you were inheriting
il, elle, on héritait
- he, she, it, one inherited
- he, she, it, one was inheriting
nous héritions
- we inherited
- we were inheriting
vous héritiez
- you inherited- (formal or plural)
- you were inheriting
ils, elles héritaient
- they inherited
- they were inheriting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
passé simple

je héritai
- I inherited
tu héritas
- you inherited- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hérita
- he, she, it, one inherited
nous héritâmes
- we inherited
vous héritâtes
- you inherited- (formal or plural)
ils, elles héritèrent
they inherited
(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 hériter, the French for inherit
futur

je hériterai
- I will inherit
tu hériteras
- you will inherit (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on héritera
- he, she, it, one will inherit
nous hériterons
- we will inherit
vous hériterez
- you will inherit (formal or plural)
ils, elles hériteront
- they will inherit

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Conditional Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
conditionnel

je hériterais
- I would inherit
tu hériterais
- you would inherit (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hériterait
- he, she, it, one would inherit
nous hériterions
- we would inherit
vous hériteriez
- you would inherit (formal or plural)
ils, elles hériteraient
- they would inherit

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
présent de subjonctif

que je hérite
- that I may inherit
que tu hérites
- that you may inherit(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on hérite
- that he, she, it, one may inherit
que nous héritions
- that we may inherit
que vous héritiez
- that you may inherit(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles héritent
- that they may inherit

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb hériter - the verb ‘to inherit’ in French

Past Participle of hériter is:
hérité -inherited.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of hériter - French for inherit
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of hériter, the French for inherit
impératif

hérite
- inherit!
héritons
- let’s inherit!
héritez
- inherit!

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Present Participle of hériter

héritant - inheriting

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