The French for shorten is the verb écourter

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French for shorten is the regular ER verb écourter, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb écourter - French for shorten

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of écourter, which is French for shorten.

• I shorten.
• you shortened.
• he will shorten.
• we would shorten.
• they may shorten.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for écourter, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE écourter
Simple Tenses écourter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent shorten	écourte	écourtes	écourte	écourtons	écourtez	écourtent
Past Imperfect Imparfait shortened	écourtais	écourtais	écourtait	écourtions	écourtiez	écourtaient
Simple Past Passé Simple shortened	écourtai	écourtas	écourta	écourtâmes	écourtâtes	écourtèrent
Future Futur will shorten	écourterai	écourteras	écourtera	écourterons	écourterez	écourteront
Conditional Conditionnel would shorten	écourterais	écourterais	écourterait	écourterions	écourteriez	écourteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may shorten	écourte	écourtes	écourte	écourtions	écourtiez	écourtent
Compound Tenses écourter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have shortened	ai écourté	as écourté	a écourté	avons écourté	avez écourté	ont écourté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had shortened	avais écourté	avais écourté	avait écourté	avions écourté	aviez écourté	avaient écourté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai écourté	auras écourté	aura écourté	aurons écourté	aurez écourté	auront écourté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have shortened	aurais écourté	aurais écourté	aurait écourté	aurions écourté	auriez écourté	auraient écourté
Imperative Imperatif shorten!		écourte		écourtons	écourtez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of écourter the French for shorten
présent de l’indicatif

je écourte
- I shorten
tu écourtes
- you shorten - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écourte
- he, she, it, one shortens
nous écourtons
- we shorten
vous écourtez
- you shorten (formal or plural)
ils, elles écourtent
- they shorten

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
imparfait de l’indicatif

je écourtais
- I shortened
- I was shortening
tu écourtais
- you shortened- (familiar or informal)
- you were shortening
il, elle, on écourtait
- he, she, it, one shortened
- he, she, it, one was shortening
nous écourtions
- we shortened
- we were shortening
vous écourtiez
- you shortened- (formal or plural)
- you were shortening
ils, elles écourtaient
- they shortened
- they were shortening

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
passé simple

je écourtai
- I shortened
tu écourtas
- you shortened- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écourta
- he, she, it, one shortened
nous écourtâmes
- we shortened
vous écourtâtes
- you shortened- (formal or plural)
ils, elles écourtèrent
they shortened
(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 écourter, the French for shorten
futur

je écourterai
- I will shorten
tu écourteras
- you will shorten (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écourtera
- he, she, it, one will shorten
nous écourterons
- we will shorten
vous écourterez
- you will shorten (formal or plural)
ils, elles écourteront
- they will shorten

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Conditional Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
conditionnel

je écourterais
- I would shorten
tu écourterais
- you would shorten (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on écourterait
- he, she, it, one would shorten
nous écourterions
- we would shorten
vous écourteriez
- you would shorten (formal or plural)
ils, elles écourteraient
- they would shorten

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
présent de subjonctif

que je écourte
- that I may shorten
que tu écourtes
- that you may shorten(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on écourte
- that he, she, it, one may shorten
que nous écourtions
- that we may shorten
que vous écourtiez
- that you may shorten(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles écourtent
- that they may shorten

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb écourter - the verb ‘to shorten’ in French

Past Participle of écourter is:
écourté -shortened.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of écourter - French for shorten
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of écourter, the French for shorten
impératif

écourte
- shorten!
écourtons
- let’s shorten!
écourtez
- shorten!

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Present Participle of écourter

écourtant - shortening

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