The French verb permettre means "to allow". 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 permettre is je permets, tu permets, il/elle permet, nous permettons, vous permettez, ils/elles permettent. 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 permettant and its past participle is permis.
Forms in orange break the regular -re pattern.
| je | permets (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | permets (irregular) | |
| il/ | permet (irregular) | |
| nous | permettons | |
| vous | permettez | |
| ils/ | permettent |
| j' | ai permis (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | as permis (irregular) |
| il/ | a permis (irregular) |
| nous | avons permis (irregular) |
| vous | avez permis (irregular) |
| ils/ | ont permis (irregular) |
| je | permettais |
|---|---|
| tu | permettais |
| il/ | permettait |
| nous | permettions |
| vous | permettiez |
| ils/ | permettaient |
| je | permettrai |
|---|---|
| tu | permettras |
| il/ | permettra |
| nous | permettrons |
| vous | permettrez |
| ils/ | permettront |
| je | permettrais |
|---|---|
| tu | permettrais |
| il/ | permettrait |
| nous | permettrions |
| vous | permettriez |
| ils/ | permettraient |
| que je | permette |
|---|---|
| que tu | permettes |
| qu'il/ | permette |
| que nous | permettions |
| que vous | permettiez |
| qu'ils/ | permettent |
| tu | permets (irregular) |
|---|---|
| nous | permettons |
| vous | permettez |
Permettre is irregular. The present has permets and permet, the compound past uses permis, and the imperative tu form is permets.
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Permettre is irregular. Its forms include permets, permet, and permis.
The past participle is permis. The compound past forms use the auxiliary avoir with permis, such as ai permis and avons permis.
The stem is permettr. The forms are permettrai in the future and permettrais in the conditional.