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Conjugation of the French verb concourir

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

concourir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
concourir	to vie

Present		Scored
je concours	I vie
tu concours	you vie
il concourt	he vies
elle concourt	she vies
nous concourons	we vie
vous concourez	you vie
ils concourent	they vie
elles concourent	they vie

Imperfect		Scored
je concourais	I was vying
tu concourais	you were vying
il concourait	he was vying
elle concourait	she was vying
nous concourions	we were vying
vous concouriez	you were vying
ils concouraient	they were vying
elles concouraient	they were vying

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 concourus	I vied
tu concourus	you vied
il concourut	he vied
elle concourut	she vied
nous concourûmes	we vied
vous concourûtes	you vied
ils concoururent	they vied
elles concoururent	they vied

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

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

Future		Scored
je concourrai	I will vie
tu concourras	you will vie
il concourra	he will vie
elle concourra	she will vie
nous concourrons	we will vie
vous concourrez	you will vie
ils concourront	they will vie
elles concourront	they will vie

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

Conditional		Scored
je concourrais	I would vie
tu concourrais	you would vie
il concourrait	he would vie
elle concourrait	she would vie
nous concourrions	we would vie
vous concourriez	you would vie
ils concourraient	they would vie
elles concourraient	they would vie

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je concoure	(... that) I vie
(... que) tu concoures	(... that) you vie
(... que) il concoure	(... that) he vies
(... que) elle concoure	(... that) she vies
(... que) nous concourions	(... that) we vie
(... que) vous concouriez	(... that) you vie
(... que) ils concourent	(... that) they vie
(... que) elles concourent	(... that) they vie

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je concourusse	(... that) I was vying
(... que) tu concourusses	(... that) you were vying
(... que) il concourût	(... that) he was vying
(... que) elle concourût	(... that) she was vying
(... que) nous concourussions	(... that) we were vying
(... que) vous concourussiez	(... that) you were vying
(... que) ils concourussent	(... that) they were vying
(... que) elles concourussent	(... that) they were vying

Imperative		Scored
concours	Vie
concourons	Let's vie
concourez	Vie

Present Participle		Scored
concourant	vying

Past Participle		Scored
concouru	vied

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