The French for light, switch on is the verb allumer

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French for light, switch on is the regular ER verb allumer, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb allumer - French for light, switch on

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of allumer, which is French for light, switch on.

• I light, switch on.
• you lighted.
• he will light, switch on.
• we would light, switch on.
• they may light, switch on.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for allumer, 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 allumer
Simple Tenses allumer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent light, switch on	allume	allumes	allume	allumons	allumez	allument
Past Imperfect Imparfait lighted	allumais	allumais	allumait	allumions	allumiez	allumaient
Simple Past Passé Simple lighted	allumai	allumas	alluma	allumâmes	allumâtes	allumèrent
Future Futur will light, switch on	allumerai	allumeras	allumera	allumerons	allumerez	allumeront
Conditional Conditionnel would light, switch on	allumerais	allumerais	allumerait	allumerions	allumeriez	allumeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may light, switch on	allume	allumes	allume	allumions	allumiez	allument
Compound Tenses allumer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have lighted	ai allumé	as allumé	a allumé	avons allumé	avez allumé	ont allumé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had lighted	avais allumé	avais allumé	avait allumé	avions allumé	aviez allumé	avaient allumé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai allumé	auras allumé	aura allumé	aurons allumé	aurez allumé	auront allumé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have lighted	aurais allumé	aurais allumé	aurait allumé	aurions allumé	auriez allumé	auraient allumé
Imperative Imperatif light, switch on!		allume		allumons	allumez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of allumer the French for light, switch on
présent de l’indicatif

j’allume
- I light, switch on
tu allumes
- you light, switch on - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allume
- he, she, it, one lights
nous allumons
- we light, switch on
vous allumez
- you light, switch on (formal or plural)
ils, elles allument
- they light, switch on

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’allumais
- I lighted
- I was lighting
tu allumais
- you lighted- (familiar or informal)
- you were lighting
il, elle, on allumait
- he, she, it, one lighted
- he, she, it, one was lighting
nous allumions
- we lighted
- we were lighting
vous allumiez
- you lighted- (formal or plural)
- you were lighting
ils, elles allumaient
- they lighted
- they were lighting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
passé simple

j’allumai
- I lighted
tu allumas
- you lighted- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on alluma
- he, she, it, one lighted
nous allumâmes
- we lighted
vous allumâtes
- you lighted- (formal or plural)
ils, elles allumèrent
they lighted
(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 allumer, the French for light, switch on
futur

j’allumerai
- I will light, switch on
tu allumeras
- you will light, switch on (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allumera
- he, she, it, one will light, switch on
nous allumerons
- we will light, switch on
vous allumerez
- you will light, switch on (formal or plural)
ils, elles allumeront
- they will light, switch on

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Conditional Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
conditionnel

j’allumerais
- I would light, switch on
tu allumerais
- you would light, switch on (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allumerait
- he, she, it, one would light, switch on
nous allumerions
- we would light, switch on
vous allumeriez
- you would light, switch on (formal or plural)
ils, elles allumeraient
- they would light, switch on

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
présent de subjonctif

que j’allume
- that I may light, switch on
que tu allumes
- that you may light, switch on(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on allume
- that he, she, it, one may light, switch on
que nous allumions
- that we may light, switch on
que vous allumiez
- that you may light, switch on(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles allument
- that they may light, switch on

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb allumer - the verb ‘to light, switch on’ in French

Past Participle of allumer is:
allumé -lighted.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of allumer - French for light, switch on
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of allumer - light, switch on in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of allumer, the French for light, switch on
impératif

allume
- light, switch on!
allumons
- let’s light, switch on!
allumez
- light, switch on!

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Present Participle of allumer

allumant - lighting

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