How do you conjugate "attendre" in the Present Simple tense in French?

Present Simple conjugation of attendre: je attends, tu attends, il/elle attend, nous attendons, vous attendez, ils/elles attendent. Example: "J'attends mon ami au café." — "I wait for my friend at the café."

How do you conjugate "attendre" in the Present Perfect tense in French?

Present Perfect conjugation of attendre: je ai attendu, tu as attendu, il/elle a attendu, nous avons attendu, vous avez attendu, ils/elles ont attendu. Example: "J'ai attendu deux heures à la gare." — "I waited two hours at the station."

How do you conjugate "attendre" in the Imperfect tense in French?

Imperfect conjugation of attendre: je attendais, tu attendais, il/elle attendait, nous attendions, vous attendiez, ils/elles attendaient. Example: "J'attendais hier." — "I was waiting for you yesterday."

How do you conjugate "attendre" in the Future tense in French?

Future conjugation of attendre: je attendrai, tu attendras, il/elle attendra, nous attendrons, vous attendrez, ils/elles attendront. Example: "J'attendrai ici." — "I'll wait for you here."

How do you conjugate "attendre" in the Conditional tense in French?

Conditional conjugation of attendre: je attendrais, tu attendrais, il/elle attendrait, nous attendrions, vous attendriez, ils/elles attendraient. Example: "J'attendrais si nécessaire." — "I'd wait if necessary."

attendre (wait) — French Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

attendre (wait) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate attendre (wait) across all tenses in French. Each tense includes real example sentences in French and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

attendre — Present Simple in French

attendre Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	attends	J'attends mon ami au café.	I wait for my friend at the café.
tu	attends	Tu attends le bus chaque matin.	You wait for the bus every morning.
il/elle	attend	Elle attend son tour patiemment.	She waits for her turn patiently.
nous	attendons	Nous attendons que la pluie s'arrête.	We wait for the rain to stop.
vous	attendez	Vous attendez les résultats demain.	You all wait for the results tomorrow.
ils/elles	attendent	Ils attendent des heures parfois.	They wait for hours sometimes.

attendre — Present Perfect in French

attendre Present Perfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	ai attendu	J'ai attendu deux heures à la gare.	I waited two hours at the station.
tu	as attendu	Tu as attendu pour rien hier.	You waited for nothing yesterday.
il/elle	a attendu	Il/Elle a attendu les résultats toute la journée.	He/she waited for the results all day.
nous	avons attendu	Nous avons attendu dans la queue pour les billets.	We waited in line for tickets.
vous	avez attendu	Vous avez attendu patiemment le médecin.	You all waited patiently for the doctor.
ils/elles	ont attendu	Ils/Elles ont attendu jusqu'à minuit pour des nouvelles.	They waited until midnight for news.

attendre — Imperfect in French

attendre Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	attendais	J'attendais hier.	I was waiting for you yesterday.
tu	attendais	Tu attendais dehors dans le froid.	You were waiting outside in the cold.
il/elle	attendait	Il attendait le train.	He was waiting for the train.
nous	attendions	Nous attendions ensemble à la maison.	We were waiting together at home.
vous	attendiez	Vous attendiez des nouvelles.	You all were waiting for news.
ils/elles	attendaient	Elles attendaient tout l'après-midi.	They were waiting all afternoon.

attendre — Future in French

attendre Future conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	attendrai	J'attendrai ici.	I'll wait for you here.
tu	attendras	Tu attendras jusqu'à cinq heures.	You'll wait until five o'clock.
il/elle	attendra	Elle attendra la réponse.	She'll wait for the answer.
nous	attendrons	Nous attendrons un meilleur temps.	We'll wait for better weather.
vous	attendrez	Vous attendrez mon signal.	You all will wait for my signal.
ils/elles	attendront	Ils attendront le week-end.	They'll wait for the weekend.

attendre — Conditional in French

attendre Conditional conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	attendrais	J'attendrais si nécessaire.	I'd wait if necessary.
tu	attendrais	Tu attendrais des heures pour elle.	You'd wait for hours for her.
il/elle	attendrait	Il attendrait un meilleur prix.	He'd wait for a better price.
nous	attendrions	Nous attendrions ton retour.	We'd wait for you to come back.
vous	attendriez	Vous attendriez le bon moment.	You all would wait for the right moment.
ils/elles	attendraient	Elles attendraient une explication.	They'd wait for an explanation.