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Conjugation of the French verb instruire

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

instruire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
instruire	to instruct

Present		Scored
j'instruis	I instruct
tu instruis	you instruct
il instruit	he instructs
elle instruit	she instructs
nous instruisons	we instruct
vous instruisez	you instruct
ils instruisent	they instruct
elles instruisent	they instruct

Imperfect		Scored
j'instruisais	I was instructing
tu instruisais	you were instructing
il instruisait	he was instructing
elle instruisait	she was instructing
nous instruisions	we were instructing
vous instruisiez	you were instructing
ils instruisaient	they were instructing
elles instruisaient	they were instructing

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'instruisis	I instructed
tu instruisis	you instructed
il instruisit	he instructed
elle instruisit	she instructed
nous instruisîmes	we instructed
vous instruisîtes	you instructed
ils instruisirent	they instructed
elles instruisirent	they instructed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'instruirai	I will instruct
tu instruiras	you will instruct
il instruira	he will instruct
elle instruira	she will instruct
nous instruirons	we will instruct
vous instruirez	you will instruct
ils instruiront	they will instruct
elles instruiront	they will instruct

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

Conditional		Scored
j'instruirais	I would instruct
tu instruirais	you would instruct
il instruirait	he would instruct
elle instruirait	she would instruct
nous instruirions	we would instruct
vous instruiriez	you would instruct
ils instruiraient	they would instruct
elles instruiraient	they would instruct

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'instruise	(... that) I instruct
(... que) tu instruises	(... that) you instruct
(... que) il instruise	(... that) he instructs
(... que) elle instruise	(... that) she instructs
(... que) nous instruisions	(... that) we instruct
(... que) vous instruisiez	(... that) you instruct
(... que) ils instruisent	(... that) they instruct
(... que) elles instruisent	(... that) they instruct

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'instruisisse	(... that) I was instructing
(... que) tu instruisisses	(... that) you were instructing
(... que) il instruisît	(... that) he was instructing
(... que) elle instruisît	(... that) she was instructing
(... que) nous instruisissions	(... that) we were instructing
(... que) vous instruisissiez	(... that) you were instructing
(... que) ils instruisissent	(... that) they were instructing
(... que) elles instruisissent	(... that) they were instructing

Imperative		Scored
instruis	Instruct
instruisons	Let's instruct
instruisez	Instruct

Present Participle		Scored
instruisant	instructing

Past Participle		Scored
instruit	instructed

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