The French for listen is the verb écouter

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French for listen is the regular ER verb écouter, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb écouter - French for listen

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of écouter, which is French for listen.

• I listen.
• you listened.
• he will listen.
• we would listen.
• they may listen.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE écouter
Simple Tenses écouter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent listen	écoute	écoutes	écoute	écoutons	écoutez	écoutent
Past Imperfect Imparfait listened	écoutais	écoutais	écoutait	écoutions	écoutiez	écoutaient
Simple Past Passé Simple listened	écoutai	écoutas	écouta	écoutâmes	écoutâtes	écoutèrent
Future Futur will listen	écouterai	écouteras	écoutera	écouterons	écouterez	écouteront
Conditional Conditionnel would listen	écouterais	écouterais	écouterait	écouterions	écouteriez	écouteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may listen	écoute	écoutes	écoute	écoutions	écoutiez	écoutent
Compound Tenses écouter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have listened	ai écouté	as écouté	a écouté	avons écouté	avez écouté	ont écouté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had listened	avais écouté	avais écouté	avait écouté	avions écouté	aviez écouté	avaient écouté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai écouté	auras écouté	aura écouté	aurons écouté	aurez écouté	auront écouté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have listened	aurais écouté	aurais écouté	aurait écouté	aurions écouté	auriez écouté	auraient écouté
Imperative Imperatif listen!		écoute		écoutons	écoutez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of écouter the French for listen
présent de l’indicatif

je écoute
- I listen
tu écoutes
- you listen - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écoute
- he, she, it, one listens
nous écoutons
- we listen
vous écoutez
- you listen (formal or plural)
ils, elles écoutent
- they listen

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
imparfait de l’indicatif

je écoutais
- I listened
- I was listening
tu écoutais
- you listened- (familiar or informal)
- you were listening
il, elle, on écoutait
- he, she, it, one listened
- he, she, it, one was listening
nous écoutions
- we listened
- we were listening
vous écoutiez
- you listened- (formal or plural)
- you were listening
ils, elles écoutaient
- they listened
- they were listening

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
passé simple

je écoutai
- I listened
tu écoutas
- you listened- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écouta
- he, she, it, one listened
nous écoutâmes
- we listened
vous écoutâtes
- you listened- (formal or plural)
ils, elles écoutèrent
they listened
(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 écouter, the French for listen
futur

je écouterai
- I will listen
tu écouteras
- you will listen (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écoutera
- he, she, it, one will listen
nous écouterons
- we will listen
vous écouterez
- you will listen (formal or plural)
ils, elles écouteront
- they will listen

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Conditional Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
conditionnel

je écouterais
- I would listen
tu écouterais
- you would listen (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écouterait
- he, she, it, one would listen
nous écouterions
- we would listen
vous écouteriez
- you would listen (formal or plural)
ils, elles écouteraient
- they would listen

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
présent de subjonctif

que je écoute
- that I may listen
que tu écoutes
- that you may listen(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on écoute
- that he, she, it, one may listen
que nous écoutions
- that we may listen
que vous écoutiez
- that you may listen(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles écoutent
- that they may listen

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb écouter - the verb ‘to listen’ in French

Past Participle of écouter is:
écouté -listened.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of écouter - French for listen
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of écouter, the French for listen
impératif

écoute
- listen!
écoutons
- let’s listen!
écoutez
- listen!

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Present Participle of écouter

écoutant - listening

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