Simple Conjugations for Rompre in French

The French verb rompre means to break. Its a word youll find many uses for in French, though its not your only option. The verbs casser and briser also mean to break.   When you do use rompre, youll find it helpful to know its basic conjugations. This will allow you to say such things as we broke or she is breaking in conversation. A quick lesson will serve as a good introduction to this irregular verb. The Basic Conjugations of  Rompre French verb conjugations come with varying degrees of difficulty and  rompre  is one of the more challenging youll encounter. Thats because  rompre  is an  irregular verb  and it does not follow a regular pattern like some others. However, a word like  interrompre (to interrupt)  is conjugated in the same way, so studying the two simultaneously would be a wise move. The indicative verb mood is where you will find the basic present, future, and imperfect past tenses. These are the forms youll use most often in French, so they should be your top priority in memorization. The verb stem (or radical) of  rompre  is  romp-. To this, a variety of endings are added to correspond with both the subject pronoun and the tense. Using the chart, you will discover that  je romps  means I am breaking and  nous romprons  means we will break. Present Future Imperfect je romps romprai rompais tu romps rompras rompais il rompt rompra rompait nous rompons romprons rompions vous rompez romprez rompiez ils rompent rompront rompaient The Present Participle of  Rompre The  present participle  of  rompre  is formed as if it were a  regular -er  verb. In this sense, it is easy to remember that it requires -ant  for the ending to form the word  rompant. Rompre  in the Compound Past Tense The  past participle  rompu is used to form the  passà © composà ©,  a common French past tense compound. It begins with a present tense conjugate of the auxiliary verb  avoir  to which  rompu  is added. For example, I broke is  jai rompu  and we broke is  nous avons rompu. More Simple Conjugations of  Rompre If you have doubts about whether something will break,  the subjunctive verb form  can be used. If, however, it is dependent on something else (the possibility that someone will drop an object, for instance), then you can use  the conditional. Found most often in written French, there may also be times when youll need to know  the passà © simple  and  the imperfect subjunctive  forms of  rompre. Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je rompe romprais rompis rompisse tu rompes romprais rompis rompisses il rompe romprait rompit rompt nous rompions romprions rompmes rompissions vous rompiez rompriez romptes rompissiez ils rompent rompraient rompirent rompissent The French imperative  can be useful for a verb like  rompre  as well. Its used often in exclamations and when you use it theres no need to include the subject pronoun. Imperative (tu) romps (nous) rompons (vous) rompez