Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb défendre

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

défendre is a regular 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 défendis	I defended
tu défendis	you defended
il défendit	he defended
elle défendit	she defended
nous défendîmes	we defended
vous défendîtes	you defended
ils défendirent	they defended
elles défendirent	they defended

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