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Conjugation of the French verb nouer

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

nouer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
nouer	to knot

Present		Scored
je noue	I knot
tu noues	you knot
il noue	he knots
elle noue	she knots
nous nouons	we knot
vous nouez	you knot
ils nouent	they knot
elles nouent	they knot

Imperfect		Scored
je nouais	I was knotting
tu nouais	you were knotting
il nouait	he was knotting
elle nouait	she was knotting
nous nouions	we were knotting
vous nouiez	you were knotting
ils nouaient	they were knotting
elles nouaient	they were knotting

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 nouai	I knotted
tu nouas	you knotted
il noua	he knotted
elle noua	she knotted
nous nouâmes	we knotted
vous nouâtes	you knotted
ils nouèrent	they knotted
elles nouèrent	they knotted

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

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

Future		Scored
je nouerai	I will knot
tu noueras	you will knot
il nouera	he will knot
elle nouera	she will knot
nous nouerons	we will knot
vous nouerez	you will knot
ils noueront	they will knot
elles noueront	they will knot

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

Conditional		Scored
je nouerais	I would knot
tu nouerais	you would knot
il nouerait	he would knot
elle nouerait	she would knot
nous nouerions	we would knot
vous noueriez	you would knot
ils noueraient	they would knot
elles noueraient	they would knot

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je noue	(... that) I knot
(... que) tu noues	(... that) you knot
(... que) il noue	(... that) he knots
(... que) elle noue	(... that) she knots
(... que) nous nouions	(... that) we knot
(... que) vous nouiez	(... that) you knot
(... que) ils nouent	(... that) they knot
(... que) elles nouent	(... that) they knot

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je nouasse	(... that) I was knotting
(... que) tu nouasses	(... that) you were knotting
(... que) il nouât	(... that) he was knotting
(... que) elle nouât	(... that) she was knotting
(... que) nous nouassions	(... that) we were knotting
(... que) vous nouassiez	(... that) you were knotting
(... que) ils nouassent	(... that) they were knotting
(... que) elles nouassent	(... that) they were knotting

Imperative		Scored
noue	Knot
nouons	Let's knot
nouez	Knot

Present Participle		Scored
nouant	knotting

Past Participle		Scored
noué	knotted

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