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Porter conjugation: to carry, to wear in every French tense (free PDF download)

French verb conjugation: 150 verbs in every tense

The verb porter means “to carry, to wear” and is a high-frequency French verb (number 40 of the 150 on this site). As a regular -er verb of the 1st group it takes the usual endings, for example je porte and nous portons. In compound tenses it takes avoir (j’ai porté), with the past participle porté. Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.

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porter at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary

Infinitive
porter — to carry, to wear
Group
1st group (-er verbs)
Type
Regular -er verb
Auxiliary
takes avoir
Construction
Transitive (direct object)
Conjugated like
chanter (to sing)
Frequency
No. 40 of the 150 most common French verbs

The endings are in bold. Tense names are given in French with the English equivalent in parentheses; pronouns and verb forms stay in French, as you will see and hear them.

Indicatif (indicative): porter

Présent (present tense)

Présent (present tense) of the verb porter
jeporte
tuportes
ilporte
nousportons
vousportez
ilsportent

Imparfait (imperfect)

Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb porter
jeportais
tuportais
ilportait
nousportions
vousportiez
ilsportaient

Passé simple (simple past, literary)

Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb porter
jeportai
tuportas
ilporta
nousportâmes
vousportâtes
ilsportèrent

Futur simple (simple future)

Futur simple (simple future) of the verb porter
jeporterai
tuporteras
ilportera
nousporterons
vousporterez
ilsporteront

Passé composé (compound past)

Passé composé (compound past) of the verb porter
j’ai porté
tuas porté
ila porté
nousavons porté
vousavez porté
ilsont porté

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect)

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb porter
j’avais porté
tuavais porté
ilavait porté
nousavions porté
vousaviez porté
ilsavaient porté

Passé antérieur (past anterior)

Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb porter
j’eus porté
tueus porté
ileut porté
nouseûmes porté
vouseûtes porté
ilseurent porté

Futur antérieur (future perfect)

Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb porter
j’aurai porté
tuauras porté
ilaura porté
nousaurons porté
vousaurez porté
ilsauront porté

Conditionnel (conditional): porter

Conditionnel présent (present conditional)

Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb porter
jeporterais
tuporterais
ilporterait
nousporterions
vousporteriez
ilsporteraient

Conditionnel passé (past conditional)

Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb porter
j’aurais porté
tuaurais porté
ilaurait porté
nousaurions porté
vousauriez porté
ilsauraient porté

Subjonctif (subjunctive): porter

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive)

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb porter
que jeporte
que tuportes
qu’ilporte
que nousportions
que vousportiez
qu’ilsportent

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive)

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb porter
que j’aie porté
que tuaies porté
qu’ilait porté
que nousayons porté
que vousayez porté
qu’ilsaient porté

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb porter
que jeportasse
que tuportasses
qu’ilportât
que nousportassions
que vousportassiez
qu’ilsportassent

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb porter
que j’eusse porté
que tueusses porté
qu’ileût porté
que nouseussions porté
que vouseussiez porté
qu’ilseussent porté

Impératif (imperative): porter

Impératif présent (imperative)

Impératif présent (imperative) of the verb porter
(tu)porte
(nous)portons
(vous)portez

Impératif passé (past imperative)

Impératif passé (past imperative) of the verb porter
(tu)aie porté
(nous)ayons porté
(vous)ayez porté

Infinitive, participles and gerund of porter

Non-personal forms of the verb porter
Infinitif présent (present infinitive)porter
Infinitif passé (past infinitive)avoir porté
Participe présent (present participle)portant
Participe passé (past participle)porté (masc. sing.), portée (fem. sing.), portés (masc. pl.), portées (fem. pl.)
Gérondif présent (gerund, “while doing”)en portant
Gérondif passé (past gerund)en ayant porté

Example sentences with porter

Real French sentences, with the conjugated form in bold, followed by the tense.

Watch out with porter

Use avoir

In compound tenses porter takes avoir (j’ai porté). The participle porté agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.

Easy endings

Regular -er verbs share the same endings (-e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent). Silent endings are a classic spelling trap: je porte and the subjunctive que je porte sound the same as the plural forms.

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Questions about porter

How do you conjugate porter (to carry, to wear) in the present tense?

In the présent: je porte, tu portes, il porte, nous portons, vous portez, ils portent.

Does porter take être or avoir in the passé composé?

porter takes avoir in compound tenses: j’ai porté, nous avons porté. The past participle is porté.

What are the future and conditional forms of porter?

Futur simple: je porterai. Conditionnel présent: je porterais. Both are built on the same stem (porter-).

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