Simple Lever Verb Conjugations in French

In order to say to lift or to raise in French, you will use the verb  lever. Now, if you want to say lifted or will lift, then a conjugation is necessary. This is not one of the easiest French verbs to change to the present, future, and past tense, but a quick lesson will get you started. Conjugations Verb conjugations  are required to change the ending so it matches the tense of the verbs action. We do the same in English by adding -ed  to form the past tense or -ing  to say that something is happening right now.   Its a bit more complicated in French, however. Rather than using the same ending no matter if were talking about me, you, we, or they doing something, the ending changes with every  subject pronoun  as well as each tense. Unfortunately, that means you have more words to memorize. Rest assured, it does get easier with the more conjugations you learn. Lever  is a  stem-changing verb  and it follows a pattern found in other verbs that end in -e_er. Essentially, in the present and future forms, the first  e  needs a grave accent and becomes  Ãƒ ¨. The only exception is the  vous  present tense. Using the chart, you can easily learn the proper conjugations for  lever. For instance, to say I am lifting, you would say  je là ¨ve. Likewise, we will lift is nous là ¨verons. Subject Present Future Imperfect je là ¨ve là ¨verai levais tu là ¨ve là ¨veras levais il là ¨ves là ¨vera levait nous là ¨ve là ¨verons levions vous levez là ¨verez leviez ils là ¨vent là ¨veront levaient The Present Participle Creating ​the  present participle of lever  is extremely simple. All you need to do is add -ant  to the verb stem of lev- and you get levant. Not only is this a verb, but it can also be used as an adjective, gerund, or noun in some circumstances. The Passà © Composà © and Past Participle Beside the imperfect, you can express the past tense in French using the  passà © composà ©. Its rather easy, you will just need to conjugate the  auxiliary verb  avoir  to match the subject, then  add the  past participle  levà ©. For example, I lifted is jai levà © and we lifted is nous avons levà ©. More Simple Conjugations to Learn Among the other simple conjugations of  lever  that you might need are the verb moods known as the subjunctive and conditional. The subjunctive says that the verbs action may not happen because it is uncertain. Similarly, the conditional is used when the action will only happen if something else also occurs. With less frequency, you may come across the passà © simple and the imperfect subjunctive. Each of these is a literary verb form and primarily found in formal French writing. While you may not need them, its good to be able to associate them with  lever. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Passà © Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je là ¨ve là ¨verais levai levasse tu là ¨ves là ¨verais levas levasses il là ¨ve là ¨verait leva levà ¢t nous levions là ¨verions levà ¢mes levassions vous leviez là ¨veriez levà ¢tes levassiez ils là ¨vent là ¨veraient levà ¨rent levassent When you want to express  lever  in short and direct sentences, use the imperative form. In this one, theres no need to include the subject pronoun: use là ¨ve rather than tu là ¨ve. Imperative (tu) là ¨ve (nous) levons (vous) levez