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Conjugation of the French verb cuire

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

cuire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
cuire	to cook

Present		Scored
je cuis	I cook
tu cuis	you cook
il cuit	he cooks
elle cuit	she cooks
nous cuisons	we cook
vous cuisez	you cook
ils cuisent	they cook
elles cuisent	they cook

Imperfect		Scored
je cuisais	I was cooking
tu cuisais	you were cooking
il cuisait	he was cooking
elle cuisait	she was cooking
nous cuisions	we were cooking
vous cuisiez	you were cooking
ils cuisaient	they were cooking
elles cuisaient	they were cooking

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 cuisis	I cooked
tu cuisis	you cooked
il cuisit	he cooked
elle cuisit	she cooked
nous cuisîmes	we cooked
vous cuisîtes	you cooked
ils cuisirent	they cooked
elles cuisirent	they cooked

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

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

Future		Scored
je cuirai	I will cook
tu cuiras	you will cook
il cuira	he will cook
elle cuira	she will cook
nous cuirons	we will cook
vous cuirez	you will cook
ils cuiront	they will cook
elles cuiront	they will cook

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

Conditional		Scored
je cuirais	I would cook
tu cuirais	you would cook
il cuirait	he would cook
elle cuirait	she would cook
nous cuirions	we would cook
vous cuiriez	you would cook
ils cuiraient	they would cook
elles cuiraient	they would cook

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cuise	(... that) I cook
(... que) tu cuises	(... that) you cook
(... que) il cuise	(... that) he cooks
(... que) elle cuise	(... that) she cooks
(... que) nous cuisions	(... that) we cook
(... que) vous cuisiez	(... that) you cook
(... que) ils cuisent	(... that) they cook
(... que) elles cuisent	(... that) they cook

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cuisisse	(... that) I was cooking
(... que) tu cuisisses	(... that) you were cooking
(... que) il cuisît	(... that) he was cooking
(... que) elle cuisît	(... that) she was cooking
(... que) nous cuisissions	(... that) we were cooking
(... que) vous cuisissiez	(... that) you were cooking
(... que) ils cuisissent	(... that) they were cooking
(... que) elles cuisissent	(... that) they were cooking

Imperative		Scored
cuis	Cook
cuisons	Let's cook
cuisez	Cook

Present Participle		Scored
cuisant	cooking

Past Participle		Scored
cuit	cooked

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