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Past of the French verb jouer

The past tense conjugations for the French verb jouer, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je jouaisI was playing
tu jouaisyou were playing
il jouaithe was playing
elle jouaitshe was playing
nous jouionswe were playing
vous jouiezyou were playing
ils jouaientthey were playing
elles jouaientthey were playing

Past Historic / Passé Simple
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
je jouaiI played
tu jouasyou played
il jouahe played
elle jouashe played
nous jouâmeswe played
vous jouâtesyou played
ils jouèrentthey played
elles jouèrentthey played

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai jouéI played
tu as jouéyou played
il a jouéhe played
elle a jouéshe played
nous avons jouéwe played
vous avez jouéyou played
ils ont jouéthey played
elles ont jouéthey played

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