The French for pre-exist is the verb préexister

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French for pre-exist is the regular ER verb préexister, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb préexister - French for pre-exist

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of préexister, which is French for pre-exist.

• I pre-exist.
• you pre-existed.
• he will pre-exist.
• we would pre-exist.
• they may pre-exist.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for préexister, 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 préexister
Simple Tenses préexister
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent pre-exist	préexiste	préexistes	préexiste	préexistons	préexistez	préexistent
Past Imperfect Imparfait pre-existed	préexistais	préexistais	préexistait	préexistions	préexistiez	préexistaient
Simple Past Passé Simple pre-existed	préexistai	préexistas	préexista	préexistâmes	préexistâtes	préexistèrent
Future Futur will pre-exist	préexisterai	préexisteras	préexistera	préexisterons	préexisterez	préexisteront
Conditional Conditionnel would pre-exist	préexisterais	préexisterais	préexisterait	préexisterions	préexisteriez	préexisteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may pre-exist	préexiste	préexistes	préexiste	préexistions	préexistiez	préexistent
Compound Tenses préexister
Present Perfect Passé Composé have pre-existed	ai préexisté	as préexisté	a préexisté	avons préexisté	avez préexisté	ont préexisté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had pre-existed	avais préexisté	avais préexisté	avait préexisté	avions préexisté	aviez préexisté	avaient préexisté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai préexisté	auras préexisté	aura préexisté	aurons préexisté	aurez préexisté	auront préexisté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have pre-existed	aurais préexisté	aurais préexisté	aurait préexisté	aurions préexisté	auriez préexisté	auraient préexisté
Imperative Imperatif pre-exist!		préexiste		préexistons	préexistez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of préexister the French for pre-exist
présent de l’indicatif

je préexiste
- I pre-exist
tu préexistes
- you pre-exist - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on préexiste
- he, she, it, one pre-exists
nous préexistons
- we pre-exist
vous préexistez
- you pre-exist (formal or plural)
ils, elles préexistent
- they pre-exist

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
imparfait de l’indicatif

je préexistais
- I pre-existed
- I was pre-existing
tu préexistais
- you pre-existed- (familiar or informal)
- you were pre-existing
il, elle, on préexistait
- he, she, it, one pre-existed
- he, she, it, one was pre-existing
nous préexistions
- we pre-existed
- we were pre-existing
vous préexistiez
- you pre-existed- (formal or plural)
- you were pre-existing
ils, elles préexistaient
- they pre-existed
- they were pre-existing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
passé simple

je préexistai
- I pre-existed
tu préexistas
- you pre-existed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on préexista
- he, she, it, one pre-existed
nous préexistâmes
- we pre-existed
vous préexistâtes
- you pre-existed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles préexistèrent
they pre-existed
(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 préexister, the French for pre-exist
futur

je préexisterai
- I will pre-exist
tu préexisteras
- you will pre-exist (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on préexistera
- he, she, it, one will pre-exist
nous préexisterons
- we will pre-exist
vous préexisterez
- you will pre-exist (formal or plural)
ils, elles préexisteront
- they will pre-exist

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Conditional Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
conditionnel

je préexisterais
- I would pre-exist
tu préexisterais
- you would pre-exist (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on préexisterait
- he, she, it, one would pre-exist
nous préexisterions
- we would pre-exist
vous préexisteriez
- you would pre-exist (formal or plural)
ils, elles préexisteraient
- they would pre-exist

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
présent de subjonctif

que je préexiste
- that I may pre-exist
que tu préexistes
- that you may pre-exist(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on préexiste
- that he, she, it, one may pre-exist
que nous préexistions
- that we may pre-exist
que vous préexistiez
- that you may pre-exist(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles préexistent
- that they may pre-exist

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb préexister - the verb ‘to pre-exist’ in French

Past Participle of préexister is:
préexisté -pre-existed.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have pre-existed
• you had pre-existed
• he will have pre-existed
• we would have pre-existed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of préexister - French for pre-exist
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of préexister - pre-exist in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of préexister, the French for pre-exist
impératif

préexiste
- pre-exist!
préexistons
- let’s pre-exist!
préexistez
- pre-exist!

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Present Participle of préexister

préexistant - pre-existing

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like préexister the French for pre-exist

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