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Conjugation of the French verb nuire

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

nuire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
nuire	to harm

Present		Scored
je nuis	I harm
tu nuis	you harm
il nuit	he harms
elle nuit	she harms
nous nuisons	we harm
vous nuisez	you harm
ils nuisent	they harm
elles nuisent	they harm

Imperfect		Scored
je nuisais	I was harming
tu nuisais	you were harming
il nuisait	he was harming
elle nuisait	she was harming
nous nuisions	we were harming
vous nuisiez	you were harming
ils nuisaient	they were harming
elles nuisaient	they were harming

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 nuisis	I harmed
tu nuisis	you harmed
il nuisit	he harmed
elle nuisit	she harmed
nous nuisîmes	we harmed
vous nuisîtes	you harmed
ils nuisirent	they harmed
elles nuisirent	they harmed

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

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

Future		Scored
je nuirai	I will harm
tu nuiras	you will harm
il nuira	he will harm
elle nuira	she will harm
nous nuirons	we will harm
vous nuirez	you will harm
ils nuiront	they will harm
elles nuiront	they will harm

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

Conditional		Scored
je nuirais	I would harm
tu nuirais	you would harm
il nuirait	he would harm
elle nuirait	she would harm
nous nuirions	we would harm
vous nuiriez	you would harm
ils nuiraient	they would harm
elles nuiraient	they would harm

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je nuise	(... that) I harm
(... que) tu nuises	(... that) you harm
(... que) il nuise	(... that) he harms
(... que) elle nuise	(... that) she harms
(... que) nous nuisions	(... that) we harm
(... que) vous nuisiez	(... that) you harm
(... que) ils nuisent	(... that) they harm
(... que) elles nuisent	(... that) they harm

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je nuisisse	(... that) I was harming
(... que) tu nuisisses	(... that) you were harming
(... que) il nuisît	(... that) he was harming
(... que) elle nuisît	(... that) she was harming
(... que) nous nuisissions	(... that) we were harming
(... que) vous nuisissiez	(... that) you were harming
(... que) ils nuisissent	(... that) they were harming
(... que) elles nuisissent	(... that) they were harming

Imperative		Scored
nuis	Harm
nuisons	Let's harm
nuisez	Harm

Present Participle		Scored
nuisant	harming

Past Participle		Scored
nui	harmed

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