Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb naître

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

naître 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 naquis	I was born
tu naquis	you was born
il naquit	he was born
elle naquit	she was born
nous naquîmes	we was born
vous naquîtes	you was born
ils naquirent	they was born
elles naquirent	they was born

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