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Conjugation of the French verb louer

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

louer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
louer	to rent

Present		Scored
je loue	I rent
tu loues	you rent
il loue	he rents
elle loue	she rents
nous louons	we rent
vous louez	you rent
ils louent	they rent
elles louent	they rent

Imperfect		Scored
je louais	I was renting
tu louais	you were renting
il louait	he was renting
elle louait	she was renting
nous louions	we were renting
vous louiez	you were renting
ils louaient	they were renting
elles louaient	they were renting

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 louai	I rented
tu louas	you rented
il loua	he rented
elle loua	she rented
nous louâmes	we rented
vous louâtes	you rented
ils louèrent	they rented
elles louèrent	they rented

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

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

Future		Scored
je louerai	I will rent
tu loueras	you will rent
il louera	he will rent
elle louera	she will rent
nous louerons	we will rent
vous louerez	you will rent
ils loueront	they will rent
elles loueront	they will rent

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

Conditional		Scored
je louerais	I would rent
tu louerais	you would rent
il louerait	he would rent
elle louerait	she would rent
nous louerions	we would rent
vous loueriez	you would rent
ils loueraient	they would rent
elles loueraient	they would rent

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je loue	(... that) I rent
(... que) tu loues	(... that) you rent
(... que) il loue	(... that) he rents
(... que) elle loue	(... that) she rents
(... que) nous louions	(... that) we rent
(... que) vous louiez	(... that) you rent
(... que) ils louent	(... that) they rent
(... que) elles louent	(... that) they rent

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je louasse	(... that) I was renting
(... que) tu louasses	(... that) you were renting
(... que) il louât	(... that) he was renting
(... que) elle louât	(... that) she was renting
(... que) nous louassions	(... that) we were renting
(... que) vous louassiez	(... that) you were renting
(... que) ils louassent	(... that) they were renting
(... que) elles louassent	(... that) they were renting

Imperative		Scored
loue	Rent
louons	Let's rent
louez	Rent

Present Participle		Scored
louant	renting

Past Participle		Scored
loué	rented

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