The French for recite is the verb réciter

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French for recite is the regular ER verb réciter, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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So, if you want to know how to say recite 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 réciter - French for recite

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of réciter, which is French for recite.

• I recite.
• you recited.
• he will recite.
• we would recite.
• they may recite.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for réciter, 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 réciter
Simple Tenses réciter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent recite	récite	récites	récite	récitons	récitez	récitent
Past Imperfect Imparfait recited	récitais	récitais	récitait	récitions	récitiez	récitaient
Simple Past Passé Simple recited	récitai	récitas	récita	récitâmes	récitâtes	récitèrent
Future Futur will recite	réciterai	réciteras	récitera	réciterons	réciterez	réciteront
Conditional Conditionnel would recite	réciterais	réciterais	réciterait	réciterions	réciteriez	réciteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may recite	récite	récites	récite	récitions	récitiez	récitent
Compound Tenses réciter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have recited	ai récité	as récité	a récité	avons récité	avez récité	ont récité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had recited	avais récité	avais récité	avait récité	avions récité	aviez récité	avaient récité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai récité	auras récité	aura récité	aurons récité	aurez récité	auront récité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have recited	aurais récité	aurais récité	aurait récité	aurions récité	auriez récité	auraient récité
Imperative Imperatif recite!		récite		récitons	récitez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of réciter the French for recite
présent de l’indicatif

je récite
- I recite
tu récites
- you recite - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on récite
- he, she, it, one recites
nous récitons
- we recite
vous récitez
- you recite (formal or plural)
ils, elles récitent
- they recite

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
imparfait de l’indicatif

je récitais
- I recited
- I was reciting
tu récitais
- you recited- (familiar or informal)
- you were reciting
il, elle, on récitait
- he, she, it, one recited
- he, she, it, one was reciting
nous récitions
- we recited
- we were reciting
vous récitiez
- you recited- (formal or plural)
- you were reciting
ils, elles récitaient
- they recited
- they were reciting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
passé simple

je récitai
- I recited
tu récitas
- you recited- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on récita
- he, she, it, one recited
nous récitâmes
- we recited
vous récitâtes
- you recited- (formal or plural)
ils, elles récitèrent
they recited
(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 réciter, the French for recite
futur

je réciterai
- I will recite
tu réciteras
- you will recite (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on récitera
- he, she, it, one will recite
nous réciterons
- we will recite
vous réciterez
- you will recite (formal or plural)
ils, elles réciteront
- they will recite

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Conditional Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
conditionnel

je réciterais
- I would recite
tu réciterais
- you would recite (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on réciterait
- he, she, it, one would recite
nous réciterions
- we would recite
vous réciteriez
- you would recite (formal or plural)
ils, elles réciteraient
- they would recite

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
présent de subjonctif

que je récite
- that I may recite
que tu récites
- that you may recite(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on récite
- that he, she, it, one may recite
que nous récitions
- that we may recite
que vous récitiez
- that you may recite(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles récitent
- that they may recite

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb réciter - the verb ‘to recite’ in French

Past Participle of réciter is:
récité -recited.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of réciter - French for recite
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of réciter, the French for recite
impératif

récite
- recite!
récitons
- let’s recite!
récitez
- recite!

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Present Participle of réciter

récitant - reciting

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