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Conjugation of the French verb pousser

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

pousser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
pousser	to push

Present		Scored
je pousse	I push
tu pousses	you push
il pousse	he pushes
elle pousse	she pushes
nous poussons	we push
vous poussez	you push
ils poussent	they push
elles poussent	they push

Imperfect		Scored
je poussais	I was pushing
tu poussais	you were pushing
il poussait	he was pushing
elle poussait	she was pushing
nous poussions	we were pushing
vous poussiez	you were pushing
ils poussaient	they were pushing
elles poussaient	they were pushing

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 poussai	I pushed
tu poussas	you pushed
il poussa	he pushed
elle poussa	she pushed
nous poussâmes	we pushed
vous poussâtes	you pushed
ils poussèrent	they pushed
elles poussèrent	they pushed

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

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

Future		Scored
je pousserai	I will push
tu pousseras	you will push
il poussera	he will push
elle poussera	she will push
nous pousserons	we will push
vous pousserez	you will push
ils pousseront	they will push
elles pousseront	they will push

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

Conditional		Scored
je pousserais	I would push
tu pousserais	you would push
il pousserait	he would push
elle pousserait	she would push
nous pousserions	we would push
vous pousseriez	you would push
ils pousseraient	they would push
elles pousseraient	they would push

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pousse	(... that) I push
(... que) tu pousses	(... that) you push
(... que) il pousse	(... that) he pushes
(... que) elle pousse	(... that) she pushes
(... que) nous poussions	(... that) we push
(... que) vous poussiez	(... that) you push
(... que) ils poussent	(... that) they push
(... que) elles poussent	(... that) they push

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je poussasse	(... that) I was pushing
(... que) tu poussasses	(... that) you were pushing
(... que) il poussât	(... that) he was pushing
(... que) elle poussât	(... that) she was pushing
(... que) nous poussassions	(... that) we were pushing
(... que) vous poussassiez	(... that) you were pushing
(... que) ils poussassent	(... that) they were pushing
(... que) elles poussassent	(... that) they were pushing

Imperative		Scored
pousse	Push
poussons	Let's push
poussez	Push

Present Participle		Scored
poussant	pushing

Past Participle		Scored
poussé	pushed

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