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Conjugation of the French verb bouger

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb bouger, along with their English translations.

bouger is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
bouger	to move

Present		Scored
je bouge	I move
tu bouges	you move
il bouge	he moves
elle bouge	she moves
nous bougeons	we move
vous bougez	you move
ils bougent	they move
elles bougent	they move

Imperfect		Scored
je bougeais	I was moving
tu bougeais	you were moving
il bougeait	he was moving
elle bougeait	she was moving
nous bougions	we were moving
vous bougiez	you were moving
ils bougeaient	they were moving
elles bougeaient	they were moving

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 bougeai	I moved
tu bougeas	you moved
il bougea	he moved
elle bougea	she moved
nous bougeâmes	we moved
vous bougeâtes	you moved
ils bougèrent	they moved
elles bougèrent	they moved

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai bougé	I have moved
tu as bougé	you have moved
il a bougé	he has moved
elle a bougé	she has moved
nous avons bougé	we have moved
vous avez bougé	you have moved
ils ont bougé	they have moved
elles ont bougé	they have moved

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais bougé	I had moved
tu avais bougé	you had moved
il avait bougé	he had moved
elle avait bougé	she had moved
nous avions bougé	we had moved
vous aviez bougé	you had moved
ils avaient bougé	they had moved
elles avaient bougé	they had moved

Future		Scored
je bougerai	I will move
tu bougeras	you will move
il bougera	he will move
elle bougera	she will move
nous bougerons	we will move
vous bougerez	you will move
ils bougeront	they will move
elles bougeront	they will move

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai bougé	I will have moved
tu auras bougé	you will have moved
il aura bougé	he will have moved
elle aura bougé	she will have moved
nous aurons bougé	we will have moved
vous aurez bougé	you will have moved
ils auront bougé	they will have moved
elles auront bougé	they will have moved

Conditional		Scored
je bougerais	I would move
tu bougerais	you would move
il bougerait	he would move
elle bougerait	she would move
nous bougerions	we would move
vous bougeriez	you would move
ils bougeraient	they would move
elles bougeraient	they would move

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais bougé	I would have moved
tu aurais bougé	you would have moved
il aurait bougé	he would have moved
elle aurait bougé	she would have moved
nous aurions bougé	we would have moved
vous auriez bougé	you would have moved
ils auraient bougé	they would have moved
elles auraient bougé	they would have moved

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je bouge	(... that) I move
(... que) tu bouges	(... that) you move
(... que) il bouge	(... that) he moves
(... que) elle bouge	(... that) she moves
(... que) nous bougions	(... that) we move
(... que) vous bougiez	(... that) you move
(... que) ils bougent	(... that) they move
(... que) elles bougent	(... that) they move

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je bougeasse	(... that) I was moving
(... que) tu bougeasses	(... that) you were moving
(... que) il bougeât	(... that) he was moving
(... que) elle bougeât	(... that) she was moving
(... que) nous bougeassions	(... that) we were moving
(... que) vous bougeassiez	(... that) you were moving
(... que) ils bougeassent	(... that) they were moving
(... que) elles bougeassent	(... that) they were moving

Imperative		Scored
bouge	Move
bougeons	Let's move
bougez	Move

Present Participle		Scored
bougeant	moving

Past Participle		Scored
bougé	moved

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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