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Conjugation of the French verb choisir

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

choisir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
choisir	to pick

Present		Scored
je choisis	I pick
tu choisis	you pick
il choisit	he picks
elle choisit	she picks
nous choisissons	we pick
vous choisissez	you pick
ils choisissent	they pick
elles choisissent	they pick

Imperfect		Scored
je choisissais	I was picking
tu choisissais	you were picking
il choisissait	he was picking
elle choisissait	she was picking
nous choisissions	we were picking
vous choisissiez	you were picking
ils choisissaient	they were picking
elles choisissaient	they were picking

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 choisis	I picked
tu choisis	you picked
il choisit	he picked
elle choisit	she picked
nous choisîmes	we picked
vous choisîtes	you picked
ils choisirent	they picked
elles choisirent	they picked

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

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

Future		Scored
je choisirai	I will pick
tu choisiras	you will pick
il choisira	he will pick
elle choisira	she will pick
nous choisirons	we will pick
vous choisirez	you will pick
ils choisiront	they will pick
elles choisiront	they will pick

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 choisi	I will have picked
tu auras choisi	you will have picked
il aura choisi	he will have picked
elle aura choisi	she will have picked
nous aurons choisi	we will have picked
vous aurez choisi	you will have picked
ils auront choisi	they will have picked
elles auront choisi	they will have picked

Conditional		Scored
je choisirais	I would pick
tu choisirais	you would pick
il choisirait	he would pick
elle choisirait	she would pick
nous choisirions	we would pick
vous choisiriez	you would pick
ils choisiraient	they would pick
elles choisiraient	they would pick

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 choisi	I would have picked
tu aurais choisi	you would have picked
il aurait choisi	he would have picked
elle aurait choisi	she would have picked
nous aurions choisi	we would have picked
vous auriez choisi	you would have picked
ils auraient choisi	they would have picked
elles auraient choisi	they would have picked

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je choisisse	(... that) I pick
(... que) tu choisisses	(... that) you pick
(... que) il choisisse	(... that) he picks
(... que) elle choisisse	(... that) she picks
(... que) nous choisissions	(... that) we pick
(... que) vous choisissiez	(... that) you pick
(... que) ils choisissent	(... that) they pick
(... que) elles choisissent	(... that) they pick

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je choisisse	(... that) I was picking
(... que) tu choisisses	(... that) you were picking
(... que) il choisît	(... that) he was picking
(... que) elle choisît	(... that) she was picking
(... que) nous choisissions	(... that) we were picking
(... que) vous choisissiez	(... that) you were picking
(... que) ils choisissent	(... that) they were picking
(... que) elles choisissent	(... that) they were picking

Imperative		Scored
choisis	Pick
choisissons	Let's pick
choisissez	Pick

Present Participle		Scored
choisissant	picking

Past Participle		Scored
choisi	picked

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