Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb former

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

former 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 formai	I formed
tu formas	you formed
il forma	he formed
elle forma	she formed
nous formâmes	we formed
vous formâtes	you formed
ils formèrent	they formed
elles formèrent	they formed

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