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Conjugation of the French verb jouir

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

jouir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
jouir	to enjoy

Present		Scored
je jouis	I enjoy
tu jouis	you enjoy
il jouit	he enjoys
elle jouit	she enjoys
nous jouissons	we enjoy
vous jouissez	you enjoy
ils jouissent	they enjoy
elles jouissent	they enjoy

Imperfect		Scored
je jouissais	I was enjoying
tu jouissais	you were enjoying
il jouissait	he was enjoying
elle jouissait	she was enjoying
nous jouissions	we were enjoying
vous jouissiez	you were enjoying
ils jouissaient	they were enjoying
elles jouissaient	they were enjoying

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 jouis	I enjoyed
tu jouis	you enjoyed
il jouit	he enjoyed
elle jouit	she enjoyed
nous jouîmes	we enjoyed
vous jouîtes	you enjoyed
ils jouirent	they enjoyed
elles jouirent	they enjoyed

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

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

Future		Scored
je jouirai	I will enjoy
tu jouiras	you will enjoy
il jouira	he will enjoy
elle jouira	she will enjoy
nous jouirons	we will enjoy
vous jouirez	you will enjoy
ils jouiront	they will enjoy
elles jouiront	they will enjoy

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

Conditional		Scored
je jouirais	I would enjoy
tu jouirais	you would enjoy
il jouirait	he would enjoy
elle jouirait	she would enjoy
nous jouirions	we would enjoy
vous jouiriez	you would enjoy
ils jouiraient	they would enjoy
elles jouiraient	they would enjoy

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je jouisse	(... that) I enjoy
(... que) tu jouisses	(... that) you enjoy
(... que) il jouisse	(... that) he enjoys
(... que) elle jouisse	(... that) she enjoys
(... que) nous jouissions	(... that) we enjoy
(... que) vous jouissiez	(... that) you enjoy
(... que) ils jouissent	(... that) they enjoy
(... que) elles jouissent	(... that) they enjoy

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je jouisse	(... that) I was enjoying
(... que) tu jouisses	(... that) you were enjoying
(... que) il jouît	(... that) he was enjoying
(... que) elle jouît	(... that) she was enjoying
(... que) nous jouissions	(... that) we were enjoying
(... que) vous jouissiez	(... that) you were enjoying
(... que) ils jouissent	(... that) they were enjoying
(... que) elles jouissent	(... that) they were enjoying

Imperative		Scored
jouis	Enjoy
jouissons	Let's enjoy
jouissez	Enjoy

Present Participle		Scored
jouissant	enjoying

Past Participle		Scored
joui	enjoyed

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Irregular conjugation

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