The French for winter is the verb hiverner

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French for winter is the regular ER verb hiverner, 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 hiverner - French for winter

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of hiverner, which is French for winter.

• I winter.
• you wintered.
• he will winter.
• we would winter.
• they may winter.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for hiverner, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE hiverner
Simple Tenses hiverner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent winter	hiverne	hivernes	hiverne	hivernons	hivernez	hivernent
Past Imperfect Imparfait wintered	hivernais	hivernais	hivernait	hivernions	hiverniez	hivernaient
Simple Past Passé Simple wintered	hivernai	hivernas	hiverna	hivernâmes	hivernâtes	hivernèrent
Future Futur will winter	hivernerai	hiverneras	hivernera	hivernerons	hivernerez	hiverneront
Conditional Conditionnel would winter	hivernerais	hivernerais	hivernerait	hivernerions	hiverneriez	hiverneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may winter	hiverne	hivernes	hiverne	hivernions	hiverniez	hivernent
Compound Tenses hiverner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have wintered	ai hiverné	as hiverné	a hiverné	avons hiverné	avez hiverné	ont hiverné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had wintered	avais hiverné	avais hiverné	avait hiverné	avions hiverné	aviez hiverné	avaient hiverné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai hiverné	auras hiverné	aura hiverné	aurons hiverné	aurez hiverné	auront hiverné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have wintered	aurais hiverné	aurais hiverné	aurait hiverné	aurions hiverné	auriez hiverné	auraient hiverné
Imperative Imperatif winter!		hiverne		hivernons	hivernez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of hiverner the French for winter
présent de l’indicatif

je hiverne
- I winter
tu hivernes
- you winter - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hiverne
- he, she, it, one winters
nous hivernons
- we winter
vous hivernez
- you winter (formal or plural)
ils, elles hivernent
- they winter

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
imparfait de l’indicatif

je hivernais
- I wintered
- I was wintering
tu hivernais
- you wintered- (familiar or informal)
- you were wintering
il, elle, on hivernait
- he, she, it, one wintered
- he, she, it, one was wintering
nous hivernions
- we wintered
- we were wintering
vous hiverniez
- you wintered- (formal or plural)
- you were wintering
ils, elles hivernaient
- they wintered
- they were wintering

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
passé simple

je hivernai
- I wintered
tu hivernas
- you wintered- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hiverna
- he, she, it, one wintered
nous hivernâmes
- we wintered
vous hivernâtes
- you wintered- (formal or plural)
ils, elles hivernèrent
they wintered
(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 hiverner, the French for winter
futur

je hivernerai
- I will winter
tu hiverneras
- you will winter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hivernera
- he, she, it, one will winter
nous hivernerons
- we will winter
vous hivernerez
- you will winter (formal or plural)
ils, elles hiverneront
- they will winter

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Conditional Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
conditionnel

je hivernerais
- I would winter
tu hivernerais
- you would winter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hivernerait
- he, she, it, one would winter
nous hivernerions
- we would winter
vous hiverneriez
- you would winter (formal or plural)
ils, elles hiverneraient
- they would winter

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
présent de subjonctif

que je hiverne
- that I may winter
que tu hivernes
- that you may winter(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on hiverne
- that he, she, it, one may winter
que nous hivernions
- that we may winter
que vous hiverniez
- that you may winter(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles hivernent
- that they may winter

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb hiverner - the verb ‘to winter’ in French

Past Participle of hiverner is:
hiverné -wintered.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of hiverner - French for winter
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of hiverner, the French for winter
impératif

hiverne
- winter!
hivernons
- let’s winter!
hivernez
- winter!

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Present Participle of hiverner

hivernant - wintering

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