The French for spy is the verb espionner

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French for spy is the regular ER verb espionner, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb espionner - French for spy

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of espionner, which is French for spy.

• I spy.
• you spied.
• he will spy.
• we would spy.
• they may spy.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for espionner, 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 espionner
Simple Tenses espionner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent spy	espionne	espionnes	espionne	espionnons	espionnez	espionnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait spied	espionnais	espionnais	espionnait	espionnions	espionniez	espionnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple spied	espionnai	espionnas	espionna	espionnâmes	espionnâtes	espionnèrent
Future Futur will spy	espionnerai	espionneras	espionnera	espionnerons	espionnerez	espionneront
Conditional Conditionnel would spy	espionnerais	espionnerais	espionnerait	espionnerions	espionneriez	espionneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may spy	espionne	espionnes	espionne	espionnions	espionniez	espionnent
Compound Tenses espionner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have spied	ai espionné	as espionné	a espionné	avons espionné	avez espionné	ont espionné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had spied	avais espionné	avais espionné	avait espionné	avions espionné	aviez espionné	avaient espionné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai espionné	auras espionné	aura espionné	aurons espionné	aurez espionné	auront espionné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have spied	aurais espionné	aurais espionné	aurait espionné	aurions espionné	auriez espionné	auraient espionné
Imperative Imperatif spy!		espionne		espionnons	espionnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of espionner the French for spy
présent de l’indicatif

j’espionne
- I spy
tu espionnes
- you spy - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on espionne
- he, she, it, one spies
nous espionnons
- we spy
vous espionnez
- you spy (formal or plural)
ils, elles espionnent
- they spy

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’espionnais
- I spied
- I was spying
tu espionnais
- you spied- (familiar or informal)
- you were spying
il, elle, on espionnait
- he, she, it, one spied
- he, she, it, one was spying
nous espionnions
- we spied
- we were spying
vous espionniez
- you spied- (formal or plural)
- you were spying
ils, elles espionnaient
- they spied
- they were spying

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
passé simple

j’espionnai
- I spied
tu espionnas
- you spied- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on espionna
- he, she, it, one spied
nous espionnâmes
- we spied
vous espionnâtes
- you spied- (formal or plural)
ils, elles espionnèrent
they spied
(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 espionner, the French for spy
futur

j’espionnerai
- I will spy
tu espionneras
- you will spy (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on espionnera
- he, she, it, one will spy
nous espionnerons
- we will spy
vous espionnerez
- you will spy (formal or plural)
ils, elles espionneront
- they will spy

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Conditional Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
conditionnel

j’espionnerais
- I would spy
tu espionnerais
- you would spy (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on espionnerait
- he, she, it, one would spy
nous espionnerions
- we would spy
vous espionneriez
- you would spy (formal or plural)
ils, elles espionneraient
- they would spy

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
présent de subjonctif

que j’espionne
- that I may spy
que tu espionnes
- that you may spy(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on espionne
- that he, she, it, one may spy
que nous espionnions
- that we may spy
que vous espionniez
- that you may spy(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles espionnent
- that they may spy

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb espionner - the verb ‘to spy’ in French

Past Participle of espionner is:
espionné -spied.

These past tenses are all made using the tenses of avoir (to have) and the past participle. Being made of two parts they are called 'compound'.

• I have spied
• you had spied
• he will have spied
• we would have spied

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of espionner - French for spy
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of espionner, the French for spy
impératif

espionne
- spy!
espionnons
- let’s spy!
espionnez
- spy!

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Present Participle of espionner

espionnant - spying

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