How to Conjugate Suggérer (to Suggest) in French

The French verb  suggà ©rer  looks very similar to its English meaning, to suggest. While that makes it easier to remember, youll still need to conjugate it to say things such as we suggested and I am suggesting. Dont worry, a quick lesson will help you memorize the essential forms of  suggà ©rer  you need. The Basic Conjugations of  Suggà ©rer Suggà ©rer is a stem-changing verb and that does complicate this conjugation a bit. In the indicative mood, which includes the basic present, future, and imperfect past tenses, youll notice that the accented à © changes in some forms to à ¨. Also, in the future tense, you have the option of either accent. Using the chart, you can study these conjugations by finding the subject pronoun and the corresponding tense required for your sentence. As an example,  je suggà ©re  means I am suggesting while  nous suggà ©rions  means we suggested.   Present Future Imperfect je suggre suggreraisuggrerai suggrais tu suggres suggrerassuggreras suggrais il suggre suggrerasuggrera suggrait nous suggrons suggreronssuggrerons suggrions vous suggrez suggrerezsuggrerez suggriez ils suggrent suggrerontsuggreront suggraient The Present Participle of  Suggà ©rer When you add -ant  to the radical of  suggà ©rer, you form the  present participle  suggà ©rant. This can be used as a verb, of course, though it also has the potential to become a noun or adjective in some circumstances. Suggà ©rer  in the Compound Past Tense Passà © composà ©Ã‚  is the French compound past tense. It combines the  past participle  suggà ©rà ©Ã‚  with the auxiliary verb  avoir.   Begin by conjugating  avoir  into the present tense to match the subject, then add the past participle. For example, I suggested is  jai suggà ©rà ©Ã‚  and we suggested is  nous avons suggà ©rà ©. More Simple Conjugations of  Suggà ©rer When you need to question whether the act of suggesting will happen, you can use  the subjunctive. If the action is dependent on certain conditions,  the conditional  may be used. The literary tenses of  the passà © simple  and  the imperfect subjunctive  are typically reserved for written French, though they are good to know as well. Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je suggre suggreraissuggrerais suggrai suggrasse tu suggres suggreraissuggrerais suggras suggrasses il suggre suggreraitsuggrerait suggra suggrt nous suggrions suggrerionssuggrerions suggrmes suggrassions vous suggriez suggreriezsuggreriez suggrtes suggrassiez ils suggrent suggreraientsuggreraient suggrrent suggrassent There may also be times when youll want to use  suggà ©rer  in  the French imperative.  When you do, its acceptable to skip the subject pronoun and simply say  suggà ©rons. Imperative (tu) suggre (nous) suggrons (vous) suggrez