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Conjugation of the French verb naître

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

naître is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
naître	to be born

Present		Scored
je nais	I am born
tu nais	you are born
il naît	he is born
elle naît	she is born
nous naissons	we are born
vous naissez	you are born
ils naissent	they are born
elles naissent	they are born

Imperfect		Scored
je naissais	I was is being born
tu naissais	you were is being born
il naissait	he was is being born
elle naissait	she was is being born
nous naissions	we were is being born
vous naissiez	you were is being born
ils naissaient	they were is being born
elles naissaient	they were is being born

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 naquis	I was born
tu naquis	you was born
il naquit	he was born
elle naquit	she was born
nous naquîmes	we was born
vous naquîtes	you was born
ils naquirent	they was born
elles naquirent	they was born

Passé Composé		Scored
je suis né	I was born
tu es né	you was born
il est né	he was born
elle est née	she was born
nous sommes nés	we was born
vous êtes né	you was born
ils sont nés	they was born
elles sont nées	they was born

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'étais né	I had been born
tu étais né	you had been born
il était né	he had been born
elle était née	she had been born
nous étions nés	we had been born
vous étiez né	you had been born
ils étaient nés	they had been born
elles étaient nées	they had been born

Future		Scored
je naîtrai	I will be born
tu naîtras	you will be born
il naîtra	he will be born
elle naîtra	she will be born
nous naîtrons	we will be born
vous naîtrez	you will be born
ils naîtront	they will be born
elles naîtront	they will be born

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
je serai né	I will have been born
tu seras né	you will have been born
il sera né	he will have been born
elle sera née	she will have been born
nous serons nés	we will have been born
vous serez né	you will have been born
ils seront nés	they will have been born
elles seront nées	they will have been born

Conditional		Scored
je naîtrais	I would be born
tu naîtrais	you would be born
il naîtrait	he would be born
elle naîtrait	she would be born
nous naîtrions	we would be born
vous naîtriez	you would be born
ils naîtraient	they would be born
elles naîtraient	they would be born

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
je serais né	I would have been born
tu serais né	you would have been born
il serait né	he would have been born
elle serait née	she would have been born
nous serions nés	we would have been born
vous seriez né	you would have been born
ils seraient nés	they would have been born
elles seraient nées	they would have been born

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je naisse	(... that) I am born
(... que) tu naisses	(... that) you are born
(... que) il naisse	(... that) he is born
(... que) elle naisse	(... that) she is born
(... que) nous naissions	(... that) we are born
(... que) vous naissiez	(... that) you are born
(... que) ils naissent	(... that) they are born
(... que) elles naissent	(... that) they are born

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je naquisse	(... that) I was is being born
(... que) tu naquisses	(... that) you were is being born
(... que) il naquît	(... that) he was is being born
(... que) elle naquît	(... that) she was is being born
(... que) nous naquissions	(... that) we were is being born
(... que) vous naquissiez	(... that) you were is being born
(... que) ils naquissent	(... that) they were is being born
(... que) elles naquissent	(... that) they were is being born

Imperative		Scored
nais	Be born
naissons	Let's be born
naissez	Be born

Present Participle		Scored
naissant	is being born

Past Participle		Scored
né	was born

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