The French verb mettre means "to put". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of mettre is je mets, tu mets, il/elle met, nous mettons, vous mettez, ils/elles mettent. It is irregular: 3 of its 6 present forms break the regular -re pattern. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Its present participle is mettant and its past participle is mis.
Forms in orange break the regular -re pattern.
| je | mets (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | mets (irregular) | |
| il/ | met (irregular) | |
| nous | mettons | |
| vous | mettez | |
| ils/ | mettent |
| j' | ai mis (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | as mis (irregular) |
| il/ | a mis (irregular) |
| nous | avons mis (irregular) |
| vous | avez mis (irregular) |
| ils/ | ont mis (irregular) |
| je | mettais |
|---|---|
| tu | mettais |
| il/ | mettait |
| nous | mettions |
| vous | mettiez |
| ils/ | mettaient |
| je | mettrai |
|---|---|
| tu | mettras |
| il/ | mettra |
| nous | mettrons |
| vous | mettrez |
| ils/ | mettront |
| je | mettrais |
|---|---|
| tu | mettrais |
| il/ | mettrait |
| nous | mettrions |
| vous | mettriez |
| ils/ | mettraient |
| que je | mette |
|---|---|
| que tu | mettes |
| qu'il/ | mette |
| que nous | mettions |
| que vous | mettiez |
| qu'ils/ | mettent |
| tu | mets (irregular) |
|---|---|
| nous | mettons |
| vous | mettez |
Mettre is irregular. Its present forms are mets, mets, met, mettons, mettez, and mettent. Its compound past uses avoir with mis, and its future and conditional use mettr, as in mettrai and mettrais.
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No. Mettre is irregular: its present forms include mets, mets, and met, and its past participle is mis.
It uses avoir plus mis: ai mis, as mis, a mis, avons mis, avez mis, ont mis.
It uses mettr before the endings. The table shows mettrai in the future and mettrais in the conditional.