The French for nurse, suckle is the verb allaiter

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French for nurse, suckle is the regular ER verb allaiter, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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So, if you want to know how to say nurse, suckle in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb allaiter - French for nurse, suckle

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of allaiter, which is French for nurse, suckle.

• I nurse, suckle.
• you nursed.
• he will nurse, suckle.
• we would nurse, suckle.
• they may nurse, suckle.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for allaiter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE allaiter
Simple Tenses allaiter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent nurse, suckle	allaite	allaites	allaite	allaitons	allaitez	allaitent
Past Imperfect Imparfait nursed	allaitais	allaitais	allaitait	allaitions	allaitiez	allaitaient
Simple Past Passé Simple nursed	allaitai	allaitas	allaita	allaitâmes	allaitâtes	allaitèrent
Future Futur will nurse, suckle	allaiterai	allaiteras	allaitera	allaiterons	allaiterez	allaiteront
Conditional Conditionnel would nurse, suckle	allaiterais	allaiterais	allaiterait	allaiterions	allaiteriez	allaiteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may nurse, suckle	allaite	allaites	allaite	allaitions	allaitiez	allaitent
Compound Tenses allaiter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have nursed	ai allaité	as allaité	a allaité	avons allaité	avez allaité	ont allaité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had nursed	avais allaité	avais allaité	avait allaité	avions allaité	aviez allaité	avaient allaité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai allaité	auras allaité	aura allaité	aurons allaité	aurez allaité	auront allaité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have nursed	aurais allaité	aurais allaité	aurait allaité	aurions allaité	auriez allaité	auraient allaité
Imperative Imperatif nurse, suckle!		allaite		allaitons	allaitez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of allaiter the French for nurse, suckle
présent de l’indicatif

j’allaite
- I nurse, suckle
tu allaites
- you nurse, suckle - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allaite
- he, she, it, one nurses
nous allaitons
- we nurse, suckle
vous allaitez
- you nurse, suckle (formal or plural)
ils, elles allaitent
- they nurse, suckle

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’allaitais
- I nursed
- I was nursing
tu allaitais
- you nursed- (familiar or informal)
- you were nursing
il, elle, on allaitait
- he, she, it, one nursed
- he, she, it, one was nursing
nous allaitions
- we nursed
- we were nursing
vous allaitiez
- you nursed- (formal or plural)
- you were nursing
ils, elles allaitaient
- they nursed
- they were nursing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
passé simple

j’allaitai
- I nursed
tu allaitas
- you nursed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allaita
- he, she, it, one nursed
nous allaitâmes
- we nursed
vous allaitâtes
- you nursed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles allaitèrent
they nursed
(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 allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
futur

j’allaiterai
- I will nurse, suckle
tu allaiteras
- you will nurse, suckle (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allaitera
- he, she, it, one will nurse, suckle
nous allaiterons
- we will nurse, suckle
vous allaiterez
- you will nurse, suckle (formal or plural)
ils, elles allaiteront
- they will nurse, suckle

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Conditional Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
conditionnel

j’allaiterais
- I would nurse, suckle
tu allaiterais
- you would nurse, suckle (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on allaiterait
- he, she, it, one would nurse, suckle
nous allaiterions
- we would nurse, suckle
vous allaiteriez
- you would nurse, suckle (formal or plural)
ils, elles allaiteraient
- they would nurse, suckle

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
présent de subjonctif

que j’allaite
- that I may nurse, suckle
que tu allaites
- that you may nurse, suckle(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on allaite
- that he, she, it, one may nurse, suckle
que nous allaitions
- that we may nurse, suckle
que vous allaitiez
- that you may nurse, suckle(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles allaitent
- that they may nurse, suckle

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb allaiter - the verb ‘to nurse, suckle’ in French

Past Participle of allaiter is:
allaité -nursed.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of allaiter - French for nurse, suckle
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of allaiter - nurse, suckle in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of allaiter, the French for nurse, suckle
impératif

allaite
- nurse, suckle!
allaitons
- let’s nurse, suckle!
allaitez
- nurse, suckle!

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Present Participle of allaiter

allaitant - nursing

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like allaiter the French for nurse, suckle

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