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Conjugation of the French verb croire

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

croire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
croire	to believe

Present		Scored
je crois	I believe
tu crois	you believe
il croit	he believes
elle croit	she believes
nous croyons	we believe
vous croyez	you believe
ils croient	they believe
elles croient	they believe

Imperfect		Scored
je croyais	I was believing
tu croyais	you were believing
il croyait	he was believing
elle croyait	she was believing
nous croyions	we were believing
vous croyiez	you were believing
ils croyaient	they were believing
elles croyaient	they were believing

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 crus	I believed
tu crus	you believed
il crut	he believed
elle crut	she believed
nous crûmes	we believed
vous crûtes	you believed
ils crûrent	they believed
elles crûrent	they believed

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

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

Future		Scored
je croirai	I will believe
tu croiras	you will believe
il croira	he will believe
elle croira	she will believe
nous croirons	we will believe
vous croirez	you will believe
ils croiront	they will believe
elles croiront	they will believe

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

Conditional		Scored
je croirais	I would believe
tu croirais	you would believe
il croirait	he would believe
elle croirait	she would believe
nous croirions	we would believe
vous croiriez	you would believe
ils croiraient	they would believe
elles croiraient	they would believe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je croie	(... that) I believe
(... que) tu croies	(... that) you believe
(... que) il croie	(... that) he believes
(... que) elle croie	(... that) she believes
(... que) nous croyions	(... that) we believe
(... que) vous croyiez	(... that) you believe
(... que) ils croient	(... that) they believe
(... que) elles croient	(... that) they believe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je crusse	(... that) I was believing
(... que) tu crusses	(... that) you were believing
(... que) il crût	(... that) he was believing
(... que) elle crût	(... that) she was believing
(... que) nous crussions	(... that) we were believing
(... que) vous crussiez	(... that) you were believing
(... que) ils crussent	(... that) they were believing
(... que) elles crussent	(... that) they were believing

Imperative		Scored
crois	Believe
croyons	Let's believe
croyez	Believe

Present Participle		Scored
croyant	believing

Past Participle		Scored
cru	believed

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