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FRENCH VERB

monter

to go up, to carry up

  • #131 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: monté
  • Present participle: montant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use monter

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

  1. Present

    Je monte les courses et j'arrive.

    I'm taking the shopping up and I'll be right there.

  2. Past

    On est montés à pied, l'ascenseur était en panne.

    We went up on foot, the lift was out of order.

  3. Imperfect

    Petite, je montais sur le toit pour voir la mer.

    As a little girl, I used to climb on the roof to see the sea.

  4. Future

    Je monterai tes valises dans la chambre.

    I'll carry your suitcases up to the room.

  5. Conditional

    On monterait plus vite par l'escalier.

    We'd get up faster by the stairs.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que je monte voir si elle va bien.

    I have to go up and see if she's okay.

  7. Imperative

    Montez au deuxième, c'est la porte à gauche.

    Go up to the second floor, it's the door on the left.

Good to know

  • "Je suis monté" to go up; with an object (monter les valises) it takes avoir.

Where you hear monter

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Beginner Level 2

  • Je monte chez moi. I'm going up to my flat.
  • J'ai monté ma valise au troisième. I carried my suitcase up to the third floor.
  • Nous allons le monter chez vous. We're going to carry it up to your flat.

French · Beginner Level 3

  • Je monte chez moi. I'm going up to my flat.
  • Je suis montée jusqu'en haut à pied. I went up to the top on foot.
  • On va monter à pied ! We're going to go up on foot!
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An Empty Studio

Beginner Level 2 · monter · je monte

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Hugo Comes to Visit

Beginner Level 2 · on monte

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Mont-Saint-Michel

Beginner Level 3 · je suis montée

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