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Conjugation of the French verb construire

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

construire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
construire	to build

Present		Scored
je construis	I build
tu construis	you build
il construit	he builds
elle construit	she builds
nous construisons	we build
vous construisez	you build
ils construisent	they build
elles construisent	they build

Imperfect		Scored
je construisais	I was building
tu construisais	you were building
il construisait	he was building
elle construisait	she was building
nous construisions	we were building
vous construisiez	you were building
ils construisaient	they were building
elles construisaient	they were building

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 construisis	I built
tu construisis	you built
il construisit	he built
elle construisit	she built
nous construisîmes	we built
vous construisîtes	you built
ils construisirent	they built
elles construisirent	they built

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

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

Future		Scored
je construirai	I will build
tu construiras	you will build
il construira	he will build
elle construira	she will build
nous construirons	we will build
vous construirez	you will build
ils construiront	they will build
elles construiront	they will build

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

Conditional		Scored
je construirais	I would build
tu construirais	you would build
il construirait	he would build
elle construirait	she would build
nous construirions	we would build
vous construiriez	you would build
ils construiraient	they would build
elles construiraient	they would build

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je construise	(... that) I build
(... que) tu construises	(... that) you build
(... que) il construise	(... that) he builds
(... que) elle construise	(... that) she builds
(... que) nous construisions	(... that) we build
(... que) vous construisiez	(... that) you build
(... que) ils construisent	(... that) they build
(... que) elles construisent	(... that) they build

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je construisisse	(... that) I was building
(... que) tu construisisses	(... that) you were building
(... que) il construisît	(... that) he was building
(... que) elle construisît	(... that) she was building
(... que) nous construisissions	(... that) we were building
(... que) vous construisissiez	(... that) you were building
(... que) ils construisissent	(... that) they were building
(... que) elles construisissent	(... that) they were building

Imperative		Scored
construis	Build
construisons	Let's build
construisez	Build

Present Participle		Scored
construisant	building

Past Participle		Scored
construit	built

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