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Conjugation of the French verb conduire

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

conduire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
conduire	to drive

Present		Scored
je conduis	I drive
tu conduis	you drive
il conduit	he drives
elle conduit	she drives
nous conduisons	we drive
vous conduisez	you drive
ils conduisent	they drive
elles conduisent	they drive

Imperfect		Scored
je conduisais	I was driving
tu conduisais	you were driving
il conduisait	he was driving
elle conduisait	she was driving
nous conduisions	we were driving
vous conduisiez	you were driving
ils conduisaient	they were driving
elles conduisaient	they were driving

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 conduisis	I drove
tu conduisis	you drove
il conduisit	he drove
elle conduisit	she drove
nous conduisîmes	we drove
vous conduisîtes	you drove
ils conduisirent	they drove
elles conduisirent	they drove

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

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

Future		Scored
je conduirai	I will drive
tu conduiras	you will drive
il conduira	he will drive
elle conduira	she will drive
nous conduirons	we will drive
vous conduirez	you will drive
ils conduiront	they will drive
elles conduiront	they will drive

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

Conditional		Scored
je conduirais	I would drive
tu conduirais	you would drive
il conduirait	he would drive
elle conduirait	she would drive
nous conduirions	we would drive
vous conduiriez	you would drive
ils conduiraient	they would drive
elles conduiraient	they would drive

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je conduise	(... that) I drive
(... que) tu conduises	(... that) you drive
(... que) il conduise	(... that) he drives
(... que) elle conduise	(... that) she drives
(... que) nous conduisions	(... that) we drive
(... que) vous conduisiez	(... that) you drive
(... que) ils conduisent	(... that) they drive
(... que) elles conduisent	(... that) they drive

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je conduisisse	(... that) I was driving
(... que) tu conduisisses	(... that) you were driving
(... que) il conduisît	(... that) he was driving
(... que) elle conduisît	(... that) she was driving
(... que) nous conduisissions	(... that) we were driving
(... que) vous conduisissiez	(... that) you were driving
(... que) ils conduisissent	(... that) they were driving
(... que) elles conduisissent	(... that) they were driving

Imperative		Scored
conduis	Drive
conduisons	Let's drive
conduisez	Drive

Present Participle		Scored
conduisant	driving

Past Participle		Scored
conduit	driven

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