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Conjugation of the French verb oser

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

oser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
oser	to dare

Present		Scored
j'ose	I dare
tu oses	you dare
il ose	he dares
elle ose	she dares
nous osons	we dare
vous osez	you dare
ils osent	they dare
elles osent	they dare

Imperfect		Scored
j'osais	I was daring
tu osais	you were daring
il osait	he was daring
elle osait	she was daring
nous osions	we were daring
vous osiez	you were daring
ils osaient	they were daring
elles osaient	they were daring

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
j'osai	I dared
tu osas	you dared
il osa	he dared
elle osa	she dared
nous osâmes	we dared
vous osâtes	you dared
ils osèrent	they dared
elles osèrent	they dared

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

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

Future		Scored
j'oserai	I will dare
tu oseras	you will dare
il osera	he will dare
elle osera	she will dare
nous oserons	we will dare
vous oserez	you will dare
ils oseront	they will dare
elles oseront	they will dare

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

Conditional		Scored
j'oserais	I would dare
tu oserais	you would dare
il oserait	he would dare
elle oserait	she would dare
nous oserions	we would dare
vous oseriez	you would dare
ils oseraient	they would dare
elles oseraient	they would dare

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'ose	(... that) I dare
(... que) tu oses	(... that) you dare
(... que) il ose	(... that) he dares
(... que) elle ose	(... that) she dares
(... que) nous osions	(... that) we dare
(... que) vous osiez	(... that) you dare
(... que) ils osent	(... that) they dare
(... que) elles osent	(... that) they dare

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'osasse	(... that) I was daring
(... que) tu osasses	(... that) you were daring
(... que) il osât	(... that) he was daring
(... que) elle osât	(... that) she was daring
(... que) nous osassions	(... that) we were daring
(... que) vous osassiez	(... that) you were daring
(... que) ils osassent	(... that) they were daring
(... que) elles osassent	(... that) they were daring

Imperative		Scored
ose	Dare
osons	Let's dare
osez	Dare

Present Participle		Scored
osant	daring

Past Participle		Scored
osé	dared

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