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Conjugation of the French verb coudre

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

coudre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
coudre	to sew

Present		Scored
je couds	I sew
tu couds	you sew
il coud	he sews
elle coud	she sews
nous cousons	we sew
vous cousez	you sew
ils cousent	they sew
elles cousent	they sew

Imperfect		Scored
je cousais	I was sewing
tu cousais	you were sewing
il cousait	he was sewing
elle cousait	she was sewing
nous cousions	we were sewing
vous cousiez	you were sewing
ils cousaient	they were sewing
elles cousaient	they were sewing

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 cousis	I sewed
tu cousis	you sewed
il cousit	he sewed
elle cousit	she sewed
nous cousîmes	we sewed
vous cousîtes	you sewed
ils cousirent	they sewed
elles cousirent	they sewed

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

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

Future		Scored
je coudrai	I will sew
tu coudras	you will sew
il coudra	he will sew
elle coudra	she will sew
nous coudrons	we will sew
vous coudrez	you will sew
ils coudront	they will sew
elles coudront	they will sew

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

Conditional		Scored
je coudrais	I would sew
tu coudrais	you would sew
il coudrait	he would sew
elle coudrait	she would sew
nous coudrions	we would sew
vous coudriez	you would sew
ils coudraient	they would sew
elles coudraient	they would sew

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je couse	(... that) I sew
(... que) tu couses	(... that) you sew
(... que) il couse	(... that) he sews
(... que) elle couse	(... that) she sews
(... que) nous cousions	(... that) we sew
(... que) vous cousiez	(... that) you sew
(... que) ils cousent	(... that) they sew
(... que) elles cousent	(... that) they sew

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cousisse	(... that) I was sewing
(... que) tu cousisses	(... that) you were sewing
(... que) il cousît	(... that) he was sewing
(... que) elle cousît	(... that) she was sewing
(... que) nous cousissions	(... that) we were sewing
(... que) vous cousissiez	(... that) you were sewing
(... que) ils cousissent	(... that) they were sewing
(... que) elles cousissent	(... that) they were sewing

Imperative		Scored
couds	Sew
cousons	Let's sew
cousez	Sew

Present Participle		Scored
cousant	sewing

Past Participle		Scored
cousu	sewed

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