Learn Simple Conjugations for Sauter (to Jump)

The French verb  sauter  means to jump. When you want to say jumped in the past tense or jumping in the present tense, you will need to know its conjugations. This is a regular verb and a quick lesson will show you how easy it is to transform. The Basic Conjugations of  Sauter Among all the French verb conjugations, sauter falls into the largest group. It is a regular -er verb and it uses the most common conjugation pattern found in the language. This can make each new verb you study just a little easier to remember because the same endings are applied to each verb. The first step in any conjugation is identifying the verb stem and in this case, it is  saut-. To this, we can apply the appropriate ending for the subject pronoun and the tense of the sentence. In the indicative mood (which you will use most often), adding an  e  gives you  the present tense  je saute  (I am jumping) and -ions  forms the imperfect  nous sautions  (we jumped).   Present Future Imperfect je saute sauterai sautais tu sautes sauteras sautais il saute sautera sautait nous sautons sauterons sautions vous sautez sauterez sautiez ils sautent sauteront sautaient The Present Participle of  Sauter When you add -ant to the verb stem of a regular verb like sauter, you form the present participle. The result is sautant, which can become a noun or adjective in certain circumstances. Sauter  in the Compound Past Tense In French, we can use  passà © composà ©Ã‚  for the past tense. Its a compound of two elements: the present tense conjugate of  avoir  and the  past participle  sautà ©. This results in phrases such as  jai sautà ©Ã‚  (I jumped) and  nous avons sautà ©Ã‚  (we jumped). More Simple Conjugations of  Sauter If youre ever uncertain about whether someone jumped or not, you may decide to use the subjunctive. When someone will not jump unless something else happens first, that is when the conditional is useful. The passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive are both literary tenses and found in written French. Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je saute sauterais sautai sautasse tu sautes sauterais sautas sautasses il saute sauterait sauta sautt nous sautions sauterions sautmes sautassions vous sautiez sauteriez sauttes sautassiez ils sautent sauteraient sautrent sautassent When you want to quickly tell someone to Jump! you can use  the French imperative.  Theres no need to include the subject pronoun. Simply say, Saute ! Imperative (tu) saute (nous) sautons (vous) sautez