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Conjugation of the French verb pleuvoir

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

pleuvoir is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
pleuvoirto rain

PresentScored
il pleuthe rains
elle pleutshe rains
il pleuventthey rain
elle pleuventthey rain

ImperfectScored
il pleuvaithe was raining
elle pleuvaitshe was raining
ils pleuvaientthey were raining
elles pleuvaientthey were raining

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
il pluthe rained
elle plutshe rained

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai pluI have rained
tu as pluyou have rained
il a pluhe has rained
elle a plushe has rained
nous avons pluwe have rained
vous avez pluyou have rained
ils ont pluthey have rained
elles ont pluthey have rained

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais pluI had rained
tu avais pluyou had rained
il avait pluhe had rained
elle avait plushe had rained
nous avions pluwe had rained
vous aviez pluyou had rained
ils avaient pluthey had rained
elles avaient pluthey had rained

FutureScored
il pleuvrahe will rain
elle pleuvrashe will rain
ils pleuvrontthey will rain
elles pleuvrontthey will rain

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 pluI will have rained
tu auras pluyou will have rained
il aura pluhe will have rained
elle aura plushe will have rained
nous aurons pluwe will have rained
vous aurez pluyou will have rained
ils auront pluthey will have rained
elles auront pluthey will have rained

ConditionalScored
il pleuvraithe would rain
elle pleuvraitshe would rain
ils pleuvraientthey would rain
elles pleuvraientthey would rain

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 pluI would have rained
tu aurais pluyou would have rained
il aurait pluhe would have rained
elle aurait plushe would have rained
nous aurions pluwe would have rained
vous auriez pluyou would have rained
ils auraient pluthey would have rained
elles auraient pluthey would have rained

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) il pleuve(... that) he rains
(... que) elle pleuve(... that) she rains
(... que) ils pleuvent(... that) they rain
(... que) elles pleuvent(... that) they rain

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) il plût(... that) he was raining
(... que) elle plût(... that) she was raining
(... que) ils plussent(... that) they were raining
(... que) elles plussent(... that) they were raining

Present ParticipleScored
pleuvant raining

Past ParticipleScored
plu rained

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