The French for insist is the verb insister

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French for insist is the regular ER verb insister, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb insister - French for insist

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of insister, which is French for insist.

• I insist.
• you insisted.
• he will insist.
• we would insist.
• they may insist.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE insister
Simple Tenses insister
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent insist	insiste	insistes	insiste	insistons	insistez	insistent
Past Imperfect Imparfait insisted	insistais	insistais	insistait	insistions	insistiez	insistaient
Simple Past Passé Simple insisted	insistai	insistas	insista	insistâmes	insistâtes	insistèrent
Future Futur will insist	insisterai	insisteras	insistera	insisterons	insisterez	insisteront
Conditional Conditionnel would insist	insisterais	insisterais	insisterait	insisterions	insisteriez	insisteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may insist	insiste	insistes	insiste	insistions	insistiez	insistent
Compound Tenses insister
Present Perfect Passé Composé have insisted	ai insisté	as insisté	a insisté	avons insisté	avez insisté	ont insisté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had insisted	avais insisté	avais insisté	avait insisté	avions insisté	aviez insisté	avaient insisté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai insisté	auras insisté	aura insisté	aurons insisté	aurez insisté	auront insisté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have insisted	aurais insisté	aurais insisté	aurait insisté	aurions insisté	auriez insisté	auraient insisté
Imperative Imperatif insist!		insiste		insistons	insistez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of insister the French for insist
présent de l’indicatif

j’insiste
- I insist
tu insistes
- you insist - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on insiste
- he, she, it, one insists
nous insistons
- we insist
vous insistez
- you insist (formal or plural)
ils, elles insistent
- they insist

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’insistais
- I insisted
- I was insisting
tu insistais
- you insisted- (familiar or informal)
- you were insisting
il, elle, on insistait
- he, she, it, one insisted
- he, she, it, one was insisting
nous insistions
- we insisted
- we were insisting
vous insistiez
- you insisted- (formal or plural)
- you were insisting
ils, elles insistaient
- they insisted
- they were insisting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
passé simple

j’insistai
- I insisted
tu insistas
- you insisted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on insista
- he, she, it, one insisted
nous insistâmes
- we insisted
vous insistâtes
- you insisted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles insistèrent
they insisted
(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 insister, the French for insist
futur

j’insisterai
- I will insist
tu insisteras
- you will insist (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on insistera
- he, she, it, one will insist
nous insisterons
- we will insist
vous insisterez
- you will insist (formal or plural)
ils, elles insisteront
- they will insist

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Conditional Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
conditionnel

j’insisterais
- I would insist
tu insisterais
- you would insist (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on insisterait
- he, she, it, one would insist
nous insisterions
- we would insist
vous insisteriez
- you would insist (formal or plural)
ils, elles insisteraient
- they would insist

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
présent de subjonctif

que j’insiste
- that I may insist
que tu insistes
- that you may insist(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on insiste
- that he, she, it, one may insist
que nous insistions
- that we may insist
que vous insistiez
- that you may insist(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles insistent
- that they may insist

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb insister - the verb ‘to insist’ in French

Past Participle of insister is:
insisté -insisted.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of insister - French for insist
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of insister, the French for insist
impératif

insiste
- insist!
insistons
- let’s insist!
insistez
- insist!

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Present Participle of insister

insistant - insisting

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like insister the French for insist

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