The French for tell is the verb raconter

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French for tell is the regular ER verb raconter, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb raconter - French for tell

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of raconter, which is French for tell.

• I tell.
• you told.
• he will tell.
• we would tell.
• they may tell.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for raconter, 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 raconter
Simple Tenses raconter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent tell	raconte	racontes	raconte	racontons	racontez	racontent
Past Imperfect Imparfait told	racontais	racontais	racontait	racontions	racontiez	racontaient
Simple Past Passé Simple told	racontai	racontas	raconta	racontâmes	racontâtes	racontèrent
Future Futur will tell	raconterai	raconteras	racontera	raconterons	raconterez	raconteront
Conditional Conditionnel would tell	raconterais	raconterais	raconterait	raconterions	raconteriez	raconteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may tell	raconte	racontes	raconte	racontions	racontiez	racontent
Compound Tenses raconter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have told	ai raconté	as raconté	a raconté	avons raconté	avez raconté	ont raconté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had told	avais raconté	avais raconté	avait raconté	avions raconté	aviez raconté	avaient raconté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai raconté	auras raconté	aura raconté	aurons raconté	aurez raconté	auront raconté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have told	aurais raconté	aurais raconté	aurait raconté	aurions raconté	auriez raconté	auraient raconté
Imperative Imperatif tell!		raconte		racontons	racontez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of raconter the French for tell
présent de l’indicatif

je raconte
- I tell
tu racontes
- you tell - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raconte
- he, she, it, one tells
nous racontons
- we tell
vous racontez
- you tell (formal or plural)
ils, elles racontent
- they tell

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
imparfait de l’indicatif

je racontais
- I told
- I was telling
tu racontais
- you told- (familiar or informal)
- you were telling
il, elle, on racontait
- he, she, it, one told
- he, she, it, one was telling
nous racontions
- we told
- we were telling
vous racontiez
- you told- (formal or plural)
- you were telling
ils, elles racontaient
- they told
- they were telling

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
passé simple

je racontai
- I told
tu racontas
- you told- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raconta
- he, she, it, one told
nous racontâmes
- we told
vous racontâtes
- you told- (formal or plural)
ils, elles racontèrent
they told
(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 raconter, the French for tell
futur

je raconterai
- I will tell
tu raconteras
- you will tell (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on racontera
- he, she, it, one will tell
nous raconterons
- we will tell
vous raconterez
- you will tell (formal or plural)
ils, elles raconteront
- they will tell

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Conditional Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
conditionnel

je raconterais
- I would tell
tu raconterais
- you would tell (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on raconterait
- he, she, it, one would tell
nous raconterions
- we would tell
vous raconteriez
- you would tell (formal or plural)
ils, elles raconteraient
- they would tell

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
présent de subjonctif

que je raconte
- that I may tell
que tu racontes
- that you may tell(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on raconte
- that he, she, it, one may tell
que nous racontions
- that we may tell
que vous racontiez
- that you may tell(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles racontent
- that they may tell

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb raconter - the verb ‘to tell’ in French

Past Participle of raconter is:
raconté -told.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of raconter - French for tell
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of raconter, the French for tell
impératif

raconte
- tell!
racontons
- let’s tell!
racontez
- tell!

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Present Participle of raconter

racontant - telling

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