Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb lier

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

lier 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 liai	I tied
tu lias	you tied
il lia	he tied
elle lia	she tied
nous liâmes	we tied
vous liâtes	you tied
ils lièrent	they tied
elles lièrent	they tied

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