How Is Comporter (to Comprise) Conjugated in French

In French, the verb  comporter  means to consist of, to comprise, or to include. Its a very useful word for your vocabulary list. French students will also be delighted to know that its relatively easy to conjugate. Conjugating the French Verb  Comporter Comporter  is a  regular -ER verb  and that takes some of the difficulty out of conjugating it. This is particularly true if youve already memorized similar verbs like  attacher  (to attach) or  accepter  (to accept). That is because all of these verbs have the same endings. The stem of  comporter  is  comport. All you have to do is add the appropriate infinitive ending to match the subject pronoun and the tense of your sentence. For instance, I include is je comporte and we will include is nous comporterons. Subject Present Future Imperfect je comporte comporterai comportais tu comportes comporteras comportais il comporte comportera comportait nous comportons comporterons comportions vous comportez comporterez comportiez ils comportent comporteront comportaient The Present Participle of  Comporter The  present participle  of comporter  is comportant. This is formed quite simply as well: the -er  ending is dropped and -ant  is added to the verb stem. This is a verb, of course, but you may also find it useful as an adjective, gerund, or noun in certain circumstances. The Passà © Composà © and Past Participle A  rather common way to express the past tense in French is the  passà © composà ©. Rather than conjugate  comporter  using the imperfect, you only need to know the  past participle  comportà ©. Yet, you do need to include the conjugate of the  auxiliary verb  avoir. For example, I included is jai comportà © while we included is nous avons comportà ©. Notice how  ai  and  avons  are conjugates of  avoir  and the past participle does not change as the subject changes. More Simple  Comporter  Conjugations to Know As you become more fluent in French, you may need to know a few more conjugations of  comporter. Its likely that you will only encounter the passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive in French writing. Yet, you should be able to recognize these. The other two verb forms express moods and can be rather useful in conversation. The subjunctive form gives the verb a level of uncertainty or subjectivity. Likewise, the conditional form tells us that the verb may or may not happen because its dependent on conditions. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je comporte comporterais comportai comportasse tu comportes comporterais comportas comportasses il comporte comporterait comporta comportt nous comportions comporterions comportmes comportassions vous comportiez comporteriez comporttes comportassiez ils comportent comporteraient comportrent comportassent The imperative verb form is used primarily in exclamations. For this one, you can skip the subject pronoun completely as its implied in the verb. Rather than tu comporte, simplify it to comporte. Imperative (tu) comporte (nous) comportons (vous) comportez