How Is the Verb Habiller Conjugated in French

The French verb  habiller  means to dress. Specifically, its used when dressing someone else, such as your child. Its an interesting word and the letter H is silent because it falls into the category of an  H muet  word.   Conjugating the French Verb  Habiller When you need to use  habiller  in a tense other than the infinitive, the verb must be conjugated. This will help you say dressed, will dress, and many other forms of the verb. Habiller  is a  regular -ER verb  and it follows the most common verb conjugation pattern found in the French language. That makes memorizing these simple conjugations just a little easier, particularly if youve already studied similar verbs. To begin, identify the verb stem, which is  habill-. To this, we will add a variety of endings that pair the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense. For instance, I dressed (someone) is  jhabille and we will dress (someone) is nous habillerons. Did you notice something different in the  je  form? Because this is a mute H word and sounds like a vowel, the  je  needs to be contracted to  j. Its a tricky thing you need to watch out for with verbs that begin with the letter H. Subject Present Future Imperfect j habille habillerai habillais tu habilles habilleras habillais il habille habillera habillait nous habillons habillerons habillions vous habillez habillerez habilliez ils habillent habilleront habillaient The Present Participle of  Habiller The  present participle  of habiller  is  habillant. This is done by simply adding -ant  to the verb stem. Depending on the context, you will find it useful as a verb, adjective, noun, or gerund. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © The  passà © composà ©Ã‚  is a common way to express the past tense dressed in French. To construct it, conjugate the  auxiliary verb  avoir, then attach the  past participle  habillà ©. For example, I dressed (someone) is jai habillà © and we dressed (someone) becomes nous avons habillà ©. More Simple  Habiller  Conjugations to Learn Those are the most useful and common forms of  habiller, though you may need to use more at times. Other simple conjugations include the subjunctive form and the conditional verb mood. Each of these implies some degree of subjectivity or dependency to the verbs action. When reading French, you may also encounter the passà © simple or the imperfect subjunctive. These are literary tenses and its a good idea to be able to associate them with  habiller  when you see them. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j habille habillerais habillai habillasse tu habilles habillerais habillas habillasses il habille habillerait habilla habillt nous habillions habillerions habillmes habillassions vous habilliez habilleriez habilltes habillassiez ils habillent habilleraient habillrent habillassent The infinitive verb form is used for short and direct statements. Thus, the subject pronoun is not required: use  habille instead of tu habille. Imperative (tu) habille (nous) habillons (vous) habillez