Learn the French Verb Conjugations for Poser (to Put)

When you want to say that you are putting or did put something somewhere in French, you will use the verb  poser. Its a word you will find many uses for in conversation, so its a good idea to study its many conjugations. That is the subject of this French lesson. The Basic Conjugations of  Poser French students will be happy to know that  poser  is a  regular -er verb. That means there are no special tricks to its conjugations and that you can apply what you learned from similar verbs to this one. The goal with any conjugation is to transform the verb into a grammatically correct form that makes sense for the sentence. This is  meant to imply when the action took place and who did it. That is done by adding a variety of endings to the verb stem (or radical). The catch is that French gives you a new form for every subject within each tense. Well begin with the indicative mood, which you will use most often for the basic present, future, and imperfect past tenses. The radical of poser  is  pos-  and you can find the appropriate ending in the chart. As an example,  je pose  means I am putting and  nous posions  means we did put. Present Future Imperfect je pose poserai posais tu poses poseras posais il pose posera posait nous posons poserons posions vous posez poserez posiez ils posent poseront posaient The Present Participle of  Poser The  present participle  of  poser  is  posant. This was formed by simply adding  -ant  to the radical.   Poser  in the Compound Past Tense For the French past tense, you have the option between the imperfect or the  passà © composà ©. The latter is a compound that requires the present tense conjugate of  avoir  and the  past participle  posà ©. This gives you phrases such as  jai posà ©Ã‚  for I did put and  nous avons posà ©Ã‚  for we did put. More Simple Conjugations of  Poser The subjunctive  is used when the act of putting is uncertain.  The conditional  says that something will be put somewhere only if certain conditions are met. On occasion, you may also use the passà © simple  or  the imperfect subjunctive, especially if you do much reading or writing in French as these are literary forms of the verb. Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je pose poserais posai posasse tu poses poserais posas posasses il pose poserait posa post nous posions poserions posmes posassions vous posiez poseriez postes posassiez ils posent poseraient posrent posassent Useful for a verb like  poser,  the French imperative  is often used when you want to be assertive and to the point. The main thing to remember is that its okay to drop the subject pronoun, using   pose  rather than  tu pose. Imperative (tu) pose (nous) posons (vous) posez