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Expérimenter

To experiment · to experiment/to experience

C1Regular
Stem
expériment
Past participle
expérimenté

Examples

J'expérimente le jeu.

I'm testing the game.

Il n'expérimente pas ça.

He doesn't experiment with that.

Nous expérimentions.

We were experimenting.

Nous avons expérimenté ça.

We experimented with that.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
J'expérimente
Iexperiment
Tuexpérimentes
Youexperiment
Ilexpérimente
Heexperiments
Nousexpérimentons
Weexperiment
Vousexpérimentez
Youexperiment
Ilsexpérimentent
Theyexperiment

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais expérimenter
Iam going to experiment
Tuvas expérimenter
Youare going to experiment
Ilva expérimenter
Heis going to experiment
Nousallons expérimenter
Weare going to experiment
Vousallez expérimenter
Youare going to experiment
Ilsvont expérimenter
Theyare going to experiment

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens d'expérimenter
Ihave just experimented
Tuviens d'expérimenter
Youhave just experimented
Ilvient d'expérimenter
Hehas just experimented
Nousvenons d'expérimenter
Wehave just experimented
Vousvenez d'expérimenter
Youhave just experimented
Ilsviennent d'expérimenter
Theyhave just experimented

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai expérimenté
Ihave experimented
Tuas expérimenté
Youhave experimented
Ila expérimenté
Hehas experimented
Nousavons expérimenté
Wehave experimented
Vousavez expérimenté
Youhave experimented
Ilsont expérimenté
Theyhave experimented

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

J'expérimenterais
Iwould experiment
Tuexpérimenterais
Youwould experiment
Ilexpérimenterait
Hewould experiment
Nousexpérimenterions
Wewould experiment
Vousexpérimenteriez
Youwould experiment
Ilsexpérimenteraient
Theywould experiment

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

J'expérimenterai
Iwill experiment
Tuexpérimenteras
Youwill experiment
Ilexpérimentera
Hewill experiment
Nousexpérimenterons
Wewill experiment
Vousexpérimenterez
Youwill experiment
Ilsexpérimenteront
Theywill experiment

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

J'expérimentais
Iwas experimenting
Tuexpérimentais
Youwere experimenting
Ilexpérimentait
Hewas experimenting
Nousexpérimentions
Were experimenting
Vousexpérimentiez
Youwere experimenting
Ilsexpérimentaient
Theywere experimenting

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)expérimente
Youexperiment
(Nous)expérimentons
Weexperiment
(Vous)expérimentez
Youexperiment

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

expérimentant
experimenting

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en expérimentant
experimenting

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