The French for oppress is the verb oppresser

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

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

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of oppresser, 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 oppresser, 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 oppresser
Simple Tenses oppresser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent oppress	oppresse	oppresses	oppresse	oppressons	oppressez	oppressent
Past Imperfect Imparfait oppressed	oppressais	oppressais	oppressait	oppressions	oppressiez	oppressaient
Simple Past Passé Simple oppressed	oppressai	oppressas	oppressa	oppressâmes	oppressâtes	oppressèrent
Future Futur will oppress	oppresserai	oppresseras	oppressera	oppresserons	oppresserez	oppresseront
Conditional Conditionnel would oppress	oppresserais	oppresserais	oppresserait	oppresserions	oppresseriez	oppresseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may oppress	oppresse	oppresses	oppresse	oppressions	oppressiez	oppressent
Compound Tenses oppresser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have oppressed	ai oppressé	as oppressé	a oppressé	avons oppressé	avez oppressé	ont oppressé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had oppressed	avais oppressé	avais oppressé	avait oppressé	avions oppressé	aviez oppressé	avaient oppressé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai oppressé	auras oppressé	aura oppressé	aurons oppressé	aurez oppressé	auront oppressé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have oppressed	aurais oppressé	aurais oppressé	aurait oppressé	aurions oppressé	auriez oppressé	auraient oppressé
Imperative Imperatif oppress!		oppresse		oppressons	oppressez

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

j’oppresse
- I oppress
tu oppresses
- you oppress - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on oppresse
- he, she, it, one oppresses
nous oppressons
- we oppress
vous oppressez
- you oppress (formal or plural)
ils, elles oppressent
- they oppress

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

j’oppressais
- I oppressed
- I was oppressing
tu oppressais
- you oppressed- (familiar or informal)
- you were oppressing
il, elle, on oppressait
- he, she, it, one oppressed
- he, she, it, one was oppressing
nous oppressions
- we oppressed
- we were oppressing
vous oppressiez
- you oppressed- (formal or plural)
- you were oppressing
ils, elles oppressaient
- they oppressed
- they were oppressing

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

j’oppressai
- I oppressed
tu oppressas
- you oppressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on oppressa
- he, she, it, one oppressed
nous oppressâmes
- we oppressed
vous oppressâtes
- you oppressed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles oppressèrent
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 oppresser, the French for oppress
futur

j’oppresserai
- I will oppress
tu oppresseras
- you will oppress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on oppressera
- he, she, it, one will oppress
nous oppresserons
- we will oppress
vous oppresserez
- you will oppress (formal or plural)
ils, elles oppresseront
- they will oppress

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Conditional Tense conjugations of oppresser, the French for oppress
conditionnel

j’oppresserais
- I would oppress
tu oppresserais
- you would oppress (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on oppresserait
- he, she, it, one would oppress
nous oppresserions
- we would oppress
vous oppresseriez
- you would oppress (formal or plural)
ils, elles oppresseraient
- they would oppress

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

que j’oppresse
- that I may oppress
que tu oppresses
- that you may oppress(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on oppresse
- that he, she, it, one may oppress
que nous oppressions
- that we may oppress
que vous oppressiez
- that you may oppress(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles oppressent
- that they may oppress

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

Past Participle of oppresser is:
oppressé -oppressed.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

• 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 oppresser - French for oppress
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of oppresser - 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 oppressé
- I had oppressed
tu avais oppressé
- you had oppressed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait oppressé
- he, she, it, one had oppressed
nous avions oppressé
- we had oppressed
vous aviez oppressé
- you had oppressed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient oppressé
- they had oppressed

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

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

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

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of oppresser, the French for oppress
impératif

oppresse
- oppress!
oppressons
- let’s oppress!
oppressez
- oppress!

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Present Participle of oppresser

oppressant - oppressing

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