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French conjugation

# Mettre conjugation

Mettre (“to put, to put on”) 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

Mettre (“to put, to put on”) is an irregular verb of the third group. In the présent: je mets, tu mets, il/elle met, nous mettons, vous mettez, ils/elles mettent. Its passé composé is formed with avoir and the past participle mis, and its futur simple is built on the stem mettr-.

## Mettre at a glance

Meaning

to put, to put on

Type

Irregular verb (third group)

Auxiliary

avoir

Past participle

mis

Present participle

mettant

Future stem

mettr-

## Mettre in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je mets
-   tu mets
-   il/elle met
-   nous mettons
-   vous mettez
-   ils/elles mettent

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

### Passé composé

Compound past

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

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

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je mettais
-   tu mettais
-   il/elle mettait
-   nous mettions
-   vous mettiez
-   ils/elles mettaient

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

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je mettrai
-   tu mettras
-   il/elle mettra
-   nous mettrons
-   vous mettrez
-   ils/elles mettront

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

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je mettrais
-   tu mettrais
-   il/elle mettrait
-   nous mettrions
-   vous mettriez
-   ils/elles mettraient

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

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je mette
-   que tu mettes
-   qu'il/elle mette
-   que nous mettions
-   que vous mettiez
-   qu'ils/elles mettent

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

### Impératif

Imperative

-   mets
-   mettons
-   mettez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je mis
-   tu mis
-   il/elle mit
-   nous mîmes
-   vous mîtes
-   ils/elles mirent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: mettant
-   Past participle: mis, mise, mis, mises

TCF and TEF Canada

## How mettre shows up in the TCF and TEF

Mettre has an irregular past participle (mis) and appears in expressions such as « mettre du temps » and « se mettre d'accord » that are useful in the speaking tasks.

-   J'ai mis deux heures pour arriver au centre d'examen. _It took me two hours to get to the test centre._
-   Mettez votre nom en haut de la feuille. _Put your name at the top of the sheet._

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Questions

## Mettre conjugation: questions

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

In the présent, mettre is: je mets, tu mets, il/elle met, nous mettons, vous mettez, ils/elles mettent.

### What is the passé composé of mettre?

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

### Is mettre conjugated with être or avoir?

Mettre takes avoir in the passé composé and the other compound tenses: j'ai mis.

### What is mettre in the futur simple?

The futur simple of mettre is built on the stem mettr-: je mettrai, tu mettras, il/elle mettra, nous mettrons, vous mettrez, ils/elles mettront.

### What is the imperfect of mettre?

The imparfait of mettre is: je mettais, tu mettais, il/elle mettait, nous mettions, vous mettiez, ils/elles mettaient.

### What is the subjunctive of mettre?

The subjonctif présent of mettre is: que je mette, que tu mettes, qu'il/elle mette, que nous mettions, que vous mettiez, qu'ils/elles mettent.

### What is mettre in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For mettre: je mis, tu mis, il/elle mit, nous mîmes, vous mîtes, ils/elles mirent.

### What is the imperative of mettre?

The impératif of mettre has three forms: mets, mettons, mettez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of mettre?

The past participle of mettre is mis (feminine mise, plural mis, mises). Its present participle is mettant.

## More French verbs

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-   [aller](/french-conjugation/aller)
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-   [dire](/french-conjugation/dire)
-   [pouvoir](/french-conjugation/pouvoir)
-   [vouloir](/french-conjugation/vouloir)
-   [devoir](/french-conjugation/devoir)

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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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