Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb surprendre

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

surprendre 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 surpris	I surprised
tu surpris	you surprised
il surprit	he surprised
elle surprit	she surprised
nous surprîmes	we surprised
vous surprîtes	you surprised
ils surprirent	they surprised
elles surprirent	they surprised

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