The French for stop, arrest is the verb arrêter

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    French for stop, arrest is the regular ER verb arrêter, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

     

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    The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb arrêter - French for stop, arrest

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    Here you’ll learn the conjugations of arrêter, which is French for stop, arrest.
    • I stop, arrest.
    • you stopped.
    • he will stop, arrest.
    • we would stop, arrest.
    • they may stop, arrest.

    The Verb Conjugation Tables below for arrêter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.
  • VERB CONJUGATION TABLE arrêter
    Simple Tenses arrêter
    TENSE
    je/j’
    tu
    il
    nous
    vous
    ils
    Present
    Présent

    stop, arrest
    arrête arrêtes arrête arrêtons arrêtez arrêtent
    Past Imperfect
    Imparfait
    stopped
    arrêtais arrêtais arrêtait arrêtions arrêtiez arrêtaient
    Simple Past
    Passé Simple

    stopped
    arrêtai arrêtas arrêta arrêtâmes arrêtâtes arrêtèrent
    Future
    Futur

    will stop, arrest
    arrêterai arrêteras arrêtera arrêterons arrêterez arrêteront
    Conditional
    Conditionnel

    would stop, arrest
    arrêterais arrêterais arrêterait arrêterions arrêteriez arrêteraient
    Subjunctive
    Subjonctif

    may stop, arrest
    arrête arrêtes arrête arrêtions arrêtiez arrêtent
    Compound Tenses arrêter
    Present Perfect
    Passé Composé

    have stopped
    ai arrêté as arrêté a arrêté avons arrêté avez arrêté ont arrêté
    Past Perfect
    Plus-que-Parfait

    had stopped
    avais arrêté avais arrêté avait arrêté avions arrêté aviez arrêté avaient arrêté
    Future Perfect
    Futur Antérieur

    will have
    aurai arrêté auras arrêté aura arrêté aurons arrêté aurez arrêté auront arrêté
    Conditional Perfect
    Conditionnel Passé

    would have stopped
    aurais arrêté aurais arrêté aurait arrêté aurions arrêté auriez arrêté auraient arrêté
    Imperative
    Imperatif

    stop, arrest!
    arrête arrêtons arrêtez

    Present Indicative Tense conjugations of arrêter the French for stop, arrest
    présent de l’indicatif

    j’arrête
    - I stop, arrest
    tu arrêtes
    - you stop, arrest - (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on arrête
    - he, she, it, one stops
    nous arrêtons
    - we stop, arrest
    vous arrêtez
    - you stop, arrest (formal or plural)
    ils, elles arrêtent
    - they stop, arrest

    Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    imparfait de l’indicatif

    j’arrêtais
    - I stopped
    - I was stopping
    tu arrêtais
    - you stopped- (familiar or informal)
    - you were stopping
    il, elle, on arrêtait
    - he, she, it, one stopped
    - he, she, it, one was stopping
    nous arrêtions
    - we stopped
    - we were stopping
    vous arrêtiez
    - you stopped- (formal or plural)
    - you were stopping
    ils, elles arrêtaient
    - they stopped
    - they were stopping

    Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    passé simple

    j’arrêtai
    - I stopped
    tu arrêtas
    - you stopped- (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on arrêta
    - he, she, it, one stopped
    nous arrêtâmes
    - we stopped
    vous arrêtâtes
    - you stopped- (formal or plural)
    ils, elles arrêtèrent
    they stopped
    (The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

    Future Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    futur

    j’arrêterai
    - I will stop, arrest
    tu arrêteras
    - you will stop, arrest (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on arrêtera
    - he, she, it, one will stop, arrest
    nous arrêterons
    - we will stop, arrest
    vous arrêterez
    - you will stop, arrest (formal or plural)
    ils, elles arrêteront
    - they will stop, arrest

    Conditional Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    conditionnel

    j’arrêterais
    - I would stop, arrest
    tu arrêterais
    - you would stop, arrest (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on arrêterait
    - he, she, it, one would stop, arrest
    nous arrêterions
    - we would stop, arrest
    vous arrêteriez
    - you would stop, arrest (formal or plural)
    ils, elles arrêteraient
    - they would stop, arrest

    Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    présent de subjonctif

    que j’arrête
    - that I may stop, arrest
    que tu arrêtes
    - that you may stop, arrest(familiar or informal)
    qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on arrête
    - that he, she, it, one may stop, arrest
    que nous arrêtions
    - that we may stop, arrest
    que vous arrêtiez
    - that you may stop, arrest(formal or plural)
    qu’ils, qu’elles arrêtent
    - that they may stop, arrest

    The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb arrêter - the verb ‘to stop, arrest’ in French

    Past Participle of arrêter is:
    arrêté -stopped.

    The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.
    • I have stopped
    • you had stopped
    • he will have stopped
    • we would have stopped

    Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of arrêter - French for stop, arrest
    passé composé

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

    Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of arrêter - stop, arrest in French
    plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

    Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    futur antérieur

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

    Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    conditionnel passé

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

    Imperative Tense conjugations of arrêter, the French for stop, arrest
    impératif

    arrête
    - stop, arrest!
    arrêtons
    - let’s stop, arrest!
    arrêtez
    - stop, arrest!

    Present Participle of arrêter

    arrêtant - stopping

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