Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb craindre

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

craindre 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 craignis	I feared
tu craignis	you feared
il craignit	he feared
elle craignit	she feared
nous craignîmes	we feared
vous craignîtes	you feared
ils craignirent	they feared
elles craignirent	they feared

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