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Conjugation of the French verb croire

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb croire, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
croireto believe

PresentScored
je croisI believe
tu croisyou believe
il croithe believes
elle croitshe believes
nous croyonswe believe
vous croyezyou believe
ils croientthey believe
elles croientthey believe

ImperfectScored
je croyaisI was believing
tu croyaisyou were believing
il croyaithe was believing
elle croyaitshe was believing
nous croyionswe were believing
vous croyiezyou were believing
ils croyaientthey were believing
elles croyaientthey were believing

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 crusI believed
tu crusyou believed
il cruthe believed
elle crutshe believed
nous crûmeswe believed
vous crûtesyou believed
ils crûrentthey believed
elles crûrentthey believed

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai cruI believed
tu as cruyou believed
il a cruhe believed
elle a crushe believed
nous avons cruwe believed
vous avez cruyou believed
ils ont cruthey believed
elles ont cruthey believed

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais cruI had believed
tu avais cruyou had believed
il avait cruhe had believed
elle avait crushe had believed
nous avions cruwe had believed
vous aviez cruyou had believed
ils avaient cruthey had believed
elles avaient cruthey had believed

FutureScored
je croiraiI will believe
tu croirasyou will believe
il croirahe will believe
elle croirashe will believe
nous croironswe will believe
vous croirezyou will believe
ils croirontthey will believe
elles croirontthey will believe

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur
The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.
Scored
j'aurai cruI will have believed
tu auras cruyou will have believed
il aura cruhe will have believed
elle aura crushe will have believed
nous aurons cruwe will have believed
vous aurez cruyou will have believed
ils auront cruthey will have believed
elles auront cruthey will have believed

ConditionalScored
je croiraisI would believe
tu croiraisyou would believe
il croiraithe would believe
elle croiraitshe would believe
nous croirionswe would believe
vous croiriezyou would believe
ils croiraientthey would believe
elles croiraientthey would believe

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé
The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.
Scored
j'aurais cruI would have believed
tu aurais cruyou would have believed
il aurait cruhe would have believed
elle aurait crushe would have believed
nous aurions cruwe would have believed
vous auriez cruyou would have believed
ils auraient cruthey would have believed
elles auraient cruthey would have believed

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je croie(... that) I believe
(... que) tu croies(... that) you believe
(... que) il croie(... that) he believes
(... que) elle croie(... that) she believes
(... que) nous croyions(... that) we believe
(... que) vous croyiez(... that) you believe
(... que) ils croient(... that) they believe
(... que) elles croient(... that) they believe

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je crusse(... that) I was believing
(... que) tu crusses(... that) you were believing
(... que) il crût(... that) he was believing
(... que) elle crût(... that) she was believing
(... que) nous crussions(... that) we were believing
(... que) vous crussiez(... that) you were believing
(... que) ils crussent(... that) they were believing
(... que) elles crussent(... that) they were believing

ImperativeScored
crois Believe
croyonsLet's believe
croyez Believe

Present ParticipleScored
croyant believing

Past ParticipleScored
cru believed

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