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FRENCH VERB

comparer

to compare

  • #442 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: comparé
  • Present participle: comparant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I compare
  2. tu you compare
  3. il, elle, on he/she compares
  4. nous we compare
  5. vous you compare
  6. ils, elles they compare

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I compared
  2. tu you compared
  3. il, elle, on he/she compared
  4. nous we compared
  5. vous you compared
  6. ils, elles they compared

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to compare
  2. tu you used to compare
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to compare
  4. nous we used to compare
  5. vous you used to compare
  6. ils, elles they used to compare

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will compare
  2. tu you will compare
  3. il, elle, on he/she will compare
  4. nous we will compare
  5. vous you will compare
  6. ils, elles they will compare

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would compare
  2. tu you would compare
  3. il, elle, on he/she would compare
  4. nous we would compare
  5. vous you would compare
  6. ils, elles they would compare

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I compare
  2. tu (that) you compare
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she compare
  4. nous (that) we compare
  5. vous (that) you compare
  6. ils, elles (that) they compare

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu compare!
  2. nous compare! (let’s)
  3. vous compare! (plural, or formal)

How to use comparer

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je compare les prix avant de réserver un hôtel.

    I compare prices before booking a hotel.

  2. Past

    On a comparé trois devis pour la cuisine.

    We compared three quotes for the kitchen.

  3. Imperfect

    Ma mère nous comparait toujours à nos cousins.

    My mother always compared us to our cousins.

  4. Future

    On comparera les photos ce soir à l'hôtel.

    We'll compare the photos tonight at the hotel.

  5. Conditional

    Je ne comparerais pas Lyon et Marseille, c'est trop différent.

    I wouldn't compare Lyon and Marseille, they're too different.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que tu compares les offres avant de signer.

    You need to compare the offers before signing.

  7. Imperative

    Compare les deux, le bleu est plus foncé.

    Compare the two, the blue one is darker.

Good to know

  • Comparer avec or comparer à : both work. Un comparateur de prix compares prices online.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.