Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb veiller

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

veiller 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 veillai	I kept vigil
tu veillas	you kept vigil
il veilla	he kept vigil
elle veilla	she kept vigil
nous veillâmes	we kept vigil
vous veillâtes	you kept vigil
ils veillèrent	they kept vigil
elles veillèrent	they kept vigil

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