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Conjugation of the French verb courber

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

courber is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
courber	to bow

Present		Scored
je courbe	I bow
tu courbes	you bow
il courbe	he bows
elle courbe	she bows
nous courbons	we bow
vous courbez	you bow
ils courbent	they bow
elles courbent	they bow

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 courbai	I bowed
tu courbas	you bowed
il courba	he bowed
elle courba	she bowed
nous courbâmes	we bowed
vous courbâtes	you bowed
ils courbèrent	they bowed
elles courbèrent	they bowed

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

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

Future		Scored
je courberai	I will bow
tu courberas	you will bow
il courbera	he will bow
elle courbera	she will bow
nous courberons	we will bow
vous courberez	you will bow
ils courberont	they will bow
elles courberont	they will bow

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

Conditional		Scored
je courberais	I would bow
tu courberais	you would bow
il courberait	he would bow
elle courberait	she would bow
nous courberions	we would bow
vous courberiez	you would bow
ils courberaient	they would bow
elles courberaient	they would bow

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je courbe	(... that) I bow
(... que) tu courbes	(... that) you bow
(... que) il courbe	(... that) he bows
(... que) elle courbe	(... that) she bows
(... que) nous courbions	(... that) we bow
(... que) vous courbiez	(... that) you bow
(... que) ils courbent	(... that) they bow
(... que) elles courbent	(... that) they bow

Imperative		Scored
courbe	Bow
courbons	Let's bow
courbez	Bow

Past Participle		Scored
courbé	bowed

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