| Present | Future | Imperfect | Present participle | |||||
| je | mens | mentirai | mentais | mentant | ||||
| tu | mens | mentiras | mentais | |||||
| il | ment | mentira | mentait | Passé composé | ||||
| nous | mentons | mentirons | mentions | Auxiliary verb | avoir | |||
| vous | mentez | mentirez | mentiez | Past participle | menti | |||
| ils | mentent | mentiront | mentaient | |||||
| Subjunctive | Conditional | Passé simple | Imperfect subjunctive | |||||
| je | mente | mentirais | mentis | mentisse | ||||
| tu | mentes | mentirais | mentis | mentisses | ||||
| il | mente | mentirait | mentit | mentît | ||||
| nous | mentions | mentirions | mentîmes | mentissions | ||||
| vous | mentiez | mentiriez | mentîtes | mentissiez | ||||
| ils | mentent | mentiraient | mentirent | mentissent | ||||
| Imperative | ||||||||
| (tu) | mens | Verb conjugation pattern Mentir is an irregular verb Most French verbs ending in -mir, -tir, or -vir are conjugated this way. | ||||||
| (nous) | mentons | |||||||
| (vous) | mentez | |||||||




