The French for orbit is the verb orbiter

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French for orbit is the regular ER verb orbiter, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb orbiter - French for orbit

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of orbiter, which is French for orbit.

• I orbit.
• you orbited.
• he will orbit.
• we would orbit.
• they may orbit.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for orbiter, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE orbiter
Simple Tenses orbiter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent orbit	orbite	orbites	orbite	orbitons	orbitez	orbitent
Past Imperfect Imparfait orbited	orbitais	orbitais	orbitait	orbitions	orbitiez	orbitaient
Simple Past Passé Simple orbited	orbitai	orbitas	orbita	orbitâmes	orbitâtes	orbitèrent
Future Futur will orbit	orbiterai	orbiteras	orbitera	orbiterons	orbiterez	orbiteront
Conditional Conditionnel would orbit	orbiterais	orbiterais	orbiterait	orbiterions	orbiteriez	orbiteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may orbit	orbite	orbites	orbite	orbitions	orbitiez	orbitent
Compound Tenses orbiter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have orbited	ai orbité	as orbité	a orbité	avons orbité	avez orbité	ont orbité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had orbited	avais orbité	avais orbité	avait orbité	avions orbité	aviez orbité	avaient orbité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai orbité	auras orbité	aura orbité	aurons orbité	aurez orbité	auront orbité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have orbited	aurais orbité	aurais orbité	aurait orbité	aurions orbité	auriez orbité	auraient orbité
Imperative Imperatif orbit!		orbite		orbitons	orbitez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of orbiter the French for orbit
présent de l’indicatif

j’orbite
- I orbit
tu orbites
- you orbit - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on orbite
- he, she, it, one orbits
nous orbitons
- we orbit
vous orbitez
- you orbit (formal or plural)
ils, elles orbitent
- they orbit

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’orbitais
- I orbited
- I was orbiting
tu orbitais
- you orbited- (familiar or informal)
- you were orbiting
il, elle, on orbitait
- he, she, it, one orbited
- he, she, it, one was orbiting
nous orbitions
- we orbited
- we were orbiting
vous orbitiez
- you orbited- (formal or plural)
- you were orbiting
ils, elles orbitaient
- they orbited
- they were orbiting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
passé simple

j’orbitai
- I orbited
tu orbitas
- you orbited- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on orbita
- he, she, it, one orbited
nous orbitâmes
- we orbited
vous orbitâtes
- you orbited- (formal or plural)
ils, elles orbitèrent
they orbited
(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 orbiter, the French for orbit
futur

j’orbiterai
- I will orbit
tu orbiteras
- you will orbit (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on orbitera
- he, she, it, one will orbit
nous orbiterons
- we will orbit
vous orbiterez
- you will orbit (formal or plural)
ils, elles orbiteront
- they will orbit

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Conditional Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
conditionnel

j’orbiterais
- I would orbit
tu orbiterais
- you would orbit (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on orbiterait
- he, she, it, one would orbit
nous orbiterions
- we would orbit
vous orbiteriez
- you would orbit (formal or plural)
ils, elles orbiteraient
- they would orbit

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
présent de subjonctif

que j’orbite
- that I may orbit
que tu orbites
- that you may orbit(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on orbite
- that he, she, it, one may orbit
que nous orbitions
- that we may orbit
que vous orbitiez
- that you may orbit(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles orbitent
- that they may orbit

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb orbiter - the verb ‘to orbit’ in French

Past Participle of orbiter is:
orbité -orbited.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of orbiter - French for orbit
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of orbiter, the French for orbit
impératif

orbite
- orbit!
orbitons
- let’s orbit!
orbitez
- orbit!

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Present Participle of orbiter

orbitant - orbiting

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