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Past of the French verb ouvrir

The past tense conjugations for the French verb ouvrir, along with their English translations.

ouvrir is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
j'ouvraisI was opening
tu ouvraisyou were opening
il ouvraithe was opening
elle ouvraitshe was opening
nous ouvrionswe were opening
vous ouvriezyou were opening
ils ouvraientthey were opening
elles ouvraientthey were opening

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
j'ouvrisI opened
tu ouvrisyou opened
il ouvrithe opened
elle ouvritshe opened
nous ouvrîmeswe opened
vous ouvrîtesyou opened
ils ouvrirentthey opened
elles ouvrirentthey opened

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai ouvertI have opened
tu as ouvertyou have opened
il a ouverthe has opened
elle a ouvertshe has opened
nous avons ouvertwe have opened
vous avez ouvertyou have opened
ils ont ouvertthey have opened
elles ont ouvertthey have opened

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