Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb apprendre

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb apprendre, along with their English translations.

apprendre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

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
j'appris	I learnt
tu appris	you learnt
il apprit	he learnt
elle apprit	she learnt
nous apprîmes	we learnt
vous apprîtes	you learnt
ils apprirent	they learnt
elles apprirent	they learnt

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