How to Conjugate 'Remercier' (to Thank)

Simple Conjugations for the French Verb 'Remercier'

Updated on February 06, 2019

The French verb remercier means "to thank." You may see that merci is in the center of the word: Merci, of course, is how you say "thanks" in French.

How to Conjugate the French Verb Remercier

Remercier follows the conjugation pattern of regular -er verbs. As you do when conjugating regular verbs, you drop the infinitive ending from the verb to find the stem (remerci-) and add the ending appropriate of the subject pronoun and tense. The charts below will help you conjugate remercier.

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present participle
je	remercie	remercierai	remerciais	remerciant
tu	remercies	remercieras	remerciais
il	remercie	remerciera	remerciait
nous	remercions	remercierons	remerciions
vous	remerciez	remerciez	remerciiez
ils	remercient	remercieront	remerciaient

	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
je	remercie	remercierais	remerciai	remerciasse
tu	remercies	remercierais	remercias	remerciasses
il	remercie	remercierait	remercia	remerciât
nous	remerciions	remercierions	remerciâmes	remerciassions
vous	remerciiez	remercieriez	remerciâtes	remerciassiez
ils	remercient	remercieraient	remercièrent	remerciassent

Imperative
(tu)	remercie
(nous)	remercions
(vous)	remerciez

How to Use Remercier in the Past Tense

The passé simple is a literary tense, meaning it's not used in conversation. To render a verb in the past tense, you'll most commonly use the compound passé composé. The passé composé requires an auxiliary verb and a past participle: The auxiliary verb for remercier is avoir and the past participle is remercié.

For example:

Elle lui a remercié pour le livre.
She thanked him for the book.

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