Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb construire

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

construire 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
je construisis	I built
tu construisis	you built
il construisit	he built
elle construisit	she built
nous construisîmes	we built
vous construisîtes	you built
ils construisirent	they built
elles construisirent	they built

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