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Conjugation of the French verb fuir

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

fuir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
fuir	to flee

Present		Scored
je fuis	I flee
tu fuis	you flee
il fuit	he flees
elle fuit	she flees
nous fuyons	we flee
vous fuyez	you flee
ils fuient	they flee
elles fuient	they flee

Imperfect		Scored
je fuyais	I was fleeing
tu fuyais	you were fleeing
il fuyait	he was fleeing
elle fuyait	she was fleeing
nous fuyions	we were fleeing
vous fuyiez	you were fleeing
ils fuyaient	they were fleeing
elles fuyaient	they were fleeing

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 fuis	I fled
tu fuis	you fled
il fuit	he fled
elle fuit	she fled
nous fuîmes	we fled
vous fuîtes	you fled
ils fuirent	they fled
elles fuirent	they fled

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

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

Future		Scored
je fuirai	I will flee
tu fuiras	you will flee
il fuira	he will flee
elle fuira	she will flee
nous fuirons	we will flee
vous fuirez	you will flee
ils fuiront	they will flee
elles fuiront	they will flee

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

Conditional		Scored
je fuirais	I would flee
tu fuirais	you would flee
il fuirait	he would flee
elle fuirait	she would flee
nous fuirions	we would flee
vous fuiriez	you would flee
ils fuiraient	they would flee
elles fuiraient	they would flee

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fuie	(... that) I flee
(... que) tu fuies	(... that) you flee
(... que) il fuie	(... that) he flees
(... que) elle fuie	(... that) she flees
(... que) nous fuyions	(... that) we flee
(... que) vous fuyiez	(... that) you flee
(... que) ils fuient	(... that) they flee
(... que) elles fuient	(... that) they flee

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fuie	(... that) I was fleeing
(... que) tu fuies	(... that) you were fleeing
(... que) il fuie	(... that) he was fleeing
(... que) elle fuie	(... that) she was fleeing
(... que) nous fuissions	(... that) we were fleeing
(... que) vous fuissiez	(... that) you were fleeing
(... que) ils fuissent	(... that) they were fleeing
(... que) elles fuissent	(... that) they were fleeing

Imperative		Scored
fuis	Flee
fuyons	Let's flee
fuyez	Flee

Present Participle		Scored
fuyant	fleeing

Past Participle		Scored
fui	fled

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