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Conjugation of the French verb excuser

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

excuser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
excuser	to excuse

Present		Scored
j'excuse	I excuse
tu excuses	you excuse
il excuse	he excuses
elle excuse	she excuses
nous excusons	we excuse
vous excusez	you excuse
ils excusent	they excuse
elles excusent	they excuse

Imperfect		Scored
j'excusais	I was excusing
tu excusais	you were excusing
il excusait	he was excusing
elle excusait	she was excusing
nous excusions	we were excusing
vous excusiez	you were excusing
ils excusaient	they were excusing
elles excusaient	they were excusing

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
j'excusai	I excused
tu excusas	you excused
il excusa	he excused
elle excusa	she excused
nous excusâmes	we excused
vous excusâtes	you excused
ils excusèrent	they excused
elles excusèrent	they excused

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

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

Future		Scored
j'excuserai	I will excuse
tu excuseras	you will excuse
il excusera	he will excuse
elle excusera	she will excuse
nous excuserons	we will excuse
vous excuserez	you will excuse
ils excuseront	they will excuse
elles excuseront	they will excuse

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

Conditional		Scored
j'excuserais	I would excuse
tu excuserais	you would excuse
il excuserait	he would excuse
elle excuserait	she would excuse
nous excuserions	we would excuse
vous excuseriez	you would excuse
ils excuseraient	they would excuse
elles excuseraient	they would excuse

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'excuse	(... that) I excuse
(... que) tu excuses	(... that) you excuse
(... que) il excuse	(... that) he excuses
(... que) elle excuse	(... that) she excuses
(... que) nous excusions	(... that) we excuse
(... que) vous excusiez	(... that) you excuse
(... que) ils excusent	(... that) they excuse
(... que) elles excusent	(... that) they excuse

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'excusasse	(... that) I was excusing
(... que) tu excusasses	(... that) you were excusing
(... que) il excusât	(... that) he was excusing
(... que) elle excusât	(... that) she was excusing
(... que) nous excusassions	(... that) we were excusing
(... que) vous excusassiez	(... that) you were excusing
(... que) ils excusassent	(... that) they were excusing
(... que) elles excusassent	(... that) they were excusing

Imperative		Scored
excuse	Excuse
excusons	Let's excuse
excusez	Excuse

Present Participle		Scored
excusant	excusing

Past Participle		Scored
excusé	excused

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