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FRENCH VERB

féliciter

to congratulate

  • #201 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: félicité
  • Present participle: félicitant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use féliciter

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

  1. Present

    Je te félicite pour ton nouveau travail !

    Congratulations on your new job!

  2. Past

    Tout le monde l'a félicitée pour son diplôme.

    Everyone congratulated her on her degree.

  3. Imperfect

    Le directeur félicitait chaque élève à la sortie.

    The headmaster congratulated each pupil on the way out.

  4. Future

    On les félicitera au mariage samedi.

    We'll congratulate them at the wedding on Saturday.

  5. Conditional

    Je le féliciterais bien, mais il n'est pas là.

    I'd congratulate him, but he's not here.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut qu'on félicite Léa pour son concours.

    We must congratulate Léa on her exam.

  7. Imperative

    Félicitez-la de ma part, s'il vous plaît.

    Congratulate her for me, please.

Good to know

  • Féliciter quelqu'un pour quelque chose; Félicitations ! is congratulations!

Verbs like this one

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