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title: "Jeter conjugation: all tenses with examples"
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French conjugation

# Jeter conjugation

Jeter (“to throw, to throw away”) in every tense you need, from the présent to the subjonctif, with example sentences and how it shows up in the TCF and TEF Canada.

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In short

Jeter (“to throw, to throw away”) is an -er verb of the first group. In the présent: je jette, tu jettes, il/elle jette, nous jetons, vous jetez, ils/elles jettent. Its passé composé is formed with avoir and the past participle jeté, and its futur simple is built on the stem jetter-.

## Jeter at a glance

Meaning

to throw, to throw away

Type

\-er verb (first group)

Auxiliary

avoir

Past participle

jeté

Present participle

jetant

Future stem

jetter-

## Jeter in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je jette
-   tu jettes
-   il/elle jette
-   nous jetons
-   vous jetez
-   ils/elles jettent

[When to use the présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Passé composé

Compound past

-   j'ai jeté
-   tu as jeté
-   il/elle a jeté
-   nous avons jeté
-   vous avez jeté
-   ils/elles ont jeté

[When to use the passé composé](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je jetais
-   tu jetais
-   il/elle jetait
-   nous jetions
-   vous jetiez
-   ils/elles jetaient

[When to use the imparfait](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je jetterai
-   tu jetteras
-   il/elle jettera
-   nous jetterons
-   vous jetterez
-   ils/elles jetteront

[When to use the futur simple](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je jetterais
-   tu jetterais
-   il/elle jetterait
-   nous jetterions
-   vous jetteriez
-   ils/elles jetteraient

[When to use the conditionnel présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je jette
-   que tu jettes
-   qu'il/elle jette
-   que nous jetions
-   que vous jetiez
-   qu'ils/elles jettent

[When to use the subjonctif présent](/blog/le-subjonctif)

### Impératif

Imperative

-   jette
-   jetons
-   jetez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je jetai
-   tu jetas
-   il/elle jeta
-   nous jetâmes
-   vous jetâtes
-   ils/elles jetèrent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: jetant
-   Past participle: jeté, jetée, jetés, jetées

TCF and TEF Canada

## How jeter shows up in the TCF and TEF

Jeter doubles the t before a silent e (je jette, je jetterai) and keeps one t elsewhere (nous jetons). Recycling notices in the reading section use it often.

-   Ne jetez pas les piles à la poubelle. _Don't throw batteries in the trash._
-   J'ai jeté les vieux papiers. _I threw away the old papers._

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Questions

## Jeter conjugation: questions

### How do you conjugate jeter in the present tense?

In the présent, jeter is: je jette, tu jettes, il/elle jette, nous jetons, vous jetez, ils/elles jettent.

### What is the passé composé of jeter?

Jeter forms the passé composé with avoir and the past participle jeté: j'ai jeté, tu as jeté, il/elle a jeté, nous avons jeté, vous avez jeté, ils/elles ont jeté.

### Is jeter conjugated with être or avoir?

Jeter takes avoir in the passé composé and the other compound tenses: j'ai jeté.

### What is jeter in the futur simple?

The futur simple of jeter is built on the stem jetter-: je jetterai, tu jetteras, il/elle jettera, nous jetterons, vous jetterez, ils/elles jetteront.

### What is the imperfect of jeter?

The imparfait of jeter is: je jetais, tu jetais, il/elle jetait, nous jetions, vous jetiez, ils/elles jetaient.

### What is the subjunctive of jeter?

The subjonctif présent of jeter is: que je jette, que tu jettes, qu'il/elle jette, que nous jetions, que vous jetiez, qu'ils/elles jettent.

### What is jeter in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For jeter: je jetai, tu jetas, il/elle jeta, nous jetâmes, vous jetâtes, ils/elles jetèrent.

### What is the imperative of jeter?

The impératif of jeter has three forms: jette, jetons, jetez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of jeter?

The past participle of jeter is jeté (feminine jetée, plural jetés, jetées). Its present participle is jetant.

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Conjugation tables are generated from the Lefff (Lexique des formes fléchies du français, Benoît Sagot, Inria), packaged as french-verbs-lefff@3.4.0 and distributed under the [LGPL-LR licence](https://www.labri.fr/perso/clement/lefff/licence-LGPLLR.html). Compound forms are built from its auxiliary and participle forms.

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