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Conjugation of the French verb luire

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

luire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
luire	to sparkle

Present		Scored
je luis	I sparkle
tu luis	you sparkle
il luit	he sparkles
elle luit	she sparkles
nous luisons	we sparkle
vous luisez	you sparkle
ils luisent	they sparkle
elles luisent	they sparkle

Imperfect		Scored
je luisais	I was sparkling
tu luisais	you were sparkling
il luisait	he was sparkling
elle luisait	she was sparkling
nous luisions	we were sparkling
vous luisiez	you were sparkling
ils luisaient	they were sparkling
elles luisaient	they were sparkling

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 luisis	I sparkled
tu luisis	you sparkled
il luisit	he sparkled
elle luisit	she sparkled
nous luîmes	we sparkled
vous luisîtes	you sparkled
ils luisirent	they sparkled
elles luisirent	they sparkled

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

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

Future		Scored
je luirai	I will sparkle
tu luiras	you will sparkle
il luira	he will sparkle
elle luira	she will sparkle
nous luirons	we will sparkle
vous luirez	you will sparkle
ils luiront	they will sparkle
elles luiront	they will sparkle

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

Conditional		Scored
je luirais	I would sparkle
tu luirais	you would sparkle
il luirait	he would sparkle
elle luirait	she would sparkle
nous luirions	we would sparkle
vous luiriez	you would sparkle
ils luiraient	they would sparkle
elles luiraient	they would sparkle

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je luise	(... that) I sparkle
(... que) tu luises	(... that) you sparkle
(... que) il luise	(... that) he sparkles
(... que) elle luise	(... that) she sparkles
(... que) nous luisions	(... that) we sparkle
(... que) vous luisiez	(... that) you sparkle
(... que) ils luisent	(... that) they sparkle
(... que) elles luisent	(... that) they sparkle

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je luisisse	(... that) I was sparkling
(... que) tu luisisses	(... that) you were sparkling
(... que) il luisît	(... that) he was sparkling
(... que) elle luisît	(... that) she was sparkling
(... que) nous luisissions	(... that) we were sparkling
(... que) vous luisissiez	(... that) you were sparkling
(... que) ils luisissent	(... that) they were sparkling
(... que) elles luisissent	(... that) they were sparkling

Imperative		Scored
luis	Sparkle
luisons	Let's sparkle
luisez	Sparkle

Present Participle		Scored
luisant	sparkling

Past Participle		Scored
lui	sparkled

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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