Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb prier

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

prier 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 priai	I prayed
tu prias	you prayed
il pria	he prayed
elle pria	she prayed
nous priâmes	we prayed
vous priâtes	you prayed
ils prièrent	they prayed
elles prièrent	they prayed

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