The French for oppress is the verb opprimer

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

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb opprimer - French for oppress

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of opprimer, which is French for oppress.

• I oppress.
• you oppressed.
• he will oppress.
• we would oppress.
• they may oppress.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for opprimer, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE opprimer
Simple Tenses opprimer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent oppress	opprime	opprimes	opprime	opprimons	opprimez	oppriment
Past Imperfect Imparfait oppressed	opprimais	opprimais	opprimait	opprimions	opprimiez	opprimaient
Simple Past Passé Simple oppressed	opprimai	opprimas	opprima	opprimâmes	opprimâtes	opprimèrent
Future Futur will oppress	opprimerai	opprimeras	opprimera	opprimerons	opprimerez	opprimeront
Conditional Conditionnel would oppress	opprimerais	opprimerais	opprimerait	opprimerions	opprimeriez	opprimeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may oppress	opprime	opprimes	opprime	opprimions	opprimiez	oppriment
Compound Tenses opprimer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have oppressed	ai opprimé	as opprimé	a opprimé	avons opprimé	avez opprimé	ont opprimé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had oppressed	avais opprimé	avais opprimé	avait opprimé	avions opprimé	aviez opprimé	avaient opprimé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai opprimé	auras opprimé	aura opprimé	aurons opprimé	aurez opprimé	auront opprimé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have oppressed	aurais opprimé	aurais opprimé	aurait opprimé	aurions opprimé	auriez opprimé	auraient opprimé
Imperative Imperatif oppress!		opprime		opprimons	opprimez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of opprimer the French for oppress
présent de l’indicatif

j’opprime
- I oppress
tu opprimes
- you oppress - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on opprime
- he, she, it, one oppresses
nous opprimons
- we oppress
vous opprimez
- you oppress (formal or plural)
ils, elles oppriment
- they oppress

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’opprimais
- I oppressed
- I was oppressing
tu opprimais
- you oppressed- (familiar or informal)
- you were oppressing
il, elle, on opprimait
- he, she, it, one oppressed
- he, she, it, one was oppressing
nous opprimions
- we oppressed
- we were oppressing
vous opprimiez
- you oppressed- (formal or plural)
- you were oppressing
ils, elles opprimaient
- they oppressed
- they were oppressing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
passé simple

j’opprimai
- I oppressed
tu opprimas
- you oppressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on opprima
- he, she, it, one oppressed
nous opprimâmes
- we oppressed
vous opprimâtes
- you oppressed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles opprimèrent
they oppressed
(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 opprimer, the French for oppress
futur

j’opprimerai
- I will oppress
tu opprimeras
- you will oppress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on opprimera
- he, she, it, one will oppress
nous opprimerons
- we will oppress
vous opprimerez
- you will oppress (formal or plural)
ils, elles opprimeront
- they will oppress

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Conditional Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
conditionnel

j’opprimerais
- I would oppress
tu opprimerais
- you would oppress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on opprimerait
- he, she, it, one would oppress
nous opprimerions
- we would oppress
vous opprimeriez
- you would oppress (formal or plural)
ils, elles opprimeraient
- they would oppress

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
présent de subjonctif

que j’opprime
- that I may oppress
que tu opprimes
- that you may oppress(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on opprime
- that he, she, it, one may oppress
que nous opprimions
- that we may oppress
que vous opprimiez
- that you may oppress(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles oppriment
- that they may oppress

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb opprimer - the verb ‘to oppress’ in French

Past Participle of opprimer is:
opprimé -oppressed.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to 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 oppressed
• you had oppressed
• he will have oppressed
• we would have oppressed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of opprimer - French for oppress
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of opprimer, the French for oppress
impératif

opprime
- oppress!
opprimons
- let’s oppress!
opprimez
- oppress!

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Present Participle of opprimer

opprimant - oppressing

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