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Conjugation of the French verb coucher

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

coucher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
coucher	to lay down

Present		Scored
je couche	I lay down
tu couches	you lay down
il couche	he lays down
elle couche	she lays down
nous couchons	we lay down
vous couchez	you lay down
ils couchent	they lay down
elles couchent	they lay down

Imperfect		Scored
je couchais	I was laying down
tu couchais	you were laying down
il couchait	he was laying down
elle couchait	she was laying down
nous couchions	we were laying down
vous couchiez	you were laying down
ils couchaient	they were laying down
elles couchaient	they were laying down

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 couchai	I laid down
tu couchas	you laid down
il coucha	he laid down
elle coucha	she laid down
nous couchâmes	we laid down
vous couchâtes	you laid down
ils couchèrent	they laid down
elles couchèrent	they laid down

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

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

Future		Scored
je coucherai	I will lay down
tu coucheras	you will lay down
il couchera	he will lay down
elle couchera	she will lay down
nous coucherons	we will lay down
vous coucherez	you will lay down
ils coucheront	they will lay down
elles coucheront	they will lay down

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

Conditional		Scored
je coucherais	I would lay down
tu coucherais	you would lay down
il coucherait	he would lay down
elle coucherait	she would lay down
nous coucherions	we would lay down
vous coucheriez	you would lay down
ils coucheraient	they would lay down
elles coucheraient	they would lay down

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je couche	(... that) I lay down
(... que) tu couches	(... that) you lay down
(... que) il couche	(... that) he lays down
(... que) elle couche	(... that) she lays down
(... que) nous couchions	(... that) we lay down
(... que) vous couchiez	(... that) you lay down
(... que) ils couchent	(... that) they lay down
(... que) elles couchent	(... that) they lay down

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je couchasse	(... that) I was laying down
(... que) tu couchasses	(... that) you were laying down
(... que) il couchât	(... that) he was laying down
(... que) elle couchât	(... that) she was laying down
(... que) nous couchassions	(... that) we were laying down
(... que) vous couchassiez	(... that) you were laying down
(... que) ils couchassent	(... that) they were laying down
(... que) elles couchassent	(... that) they were laying down

Imperative		Scored
couche	Lay down
couchons	Let's lay down
couchez	Lay down

Present Participle		Scored
couchant	laying down

Past Participle		Scored
couché	laid down

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