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Conjugation of the French verb prouver

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

prouver is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
prouver	to prove

Present		Scored
je prouve	I prove
tu prouves	you prove
il prouve	he proves
elle prouve	she proves
nous prouvons	we prove
vous prouvez	you prove
ils prouvent	they prove
elles prouvent	they prove

Imperfect		Scored
je prouvais	I was proving
tu prouvais	you were proving
il prouvait	he was proving
elle prouvait	she was proving
nous prouvions	we were proving
vous prouviez	you were proving
ils prouvaient	they were proving
elles prouvaient	they were proving

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 prouvai	I proved
tu prouvas	you proved
il prouva	he proved
elle prouva	she proved
nous prouvâmes	we proved
vous prouvâtes	you proved
ils prouvèrent	they proved
elles prouvèrent	they proved

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

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

Future		Scored
je prouverai	I will prove
tu prouveras	you will prove
il prouvera	he will prove
elle prouvera	she will prove
nous prouverons	we will prove
vous prouverez	you will prove
ils prouveront	they will prove
elles prouveront	they will prove

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

Conditional		Scored
je prouverais	I would prove
tu prouverais	you would prove
il prouverait	he would prove
elle prouverait	she would prove
nous prouverions	we would prove
vous prouveriez	you would prove
ils prouveraient	they would prove
elles prouveraient	they would prove

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prouve	(... that) I prove
(... que) tu prouves	(... that) you prove
(... que) il prouve	(... that) he proves
(... que) elle prouve	(... that) she proves
(... que) nous prouvions	(... that) we prove
(... que) vous prouviez	(... that) you prove
(... que) ils prouvent	(... that) they prove
(... que) elles prouvent	(... that) they prove

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je prouvasse	(... that) I was proving
(... que) tu prouvasses	(... that) you were proving
(... que) il prouvât	(... that) he was proving
(... que) elle prouvât	(... that) she was proving
(... que) nous prouvassions	(... that) we were proving
(... que) vous prouvassiez	(... that) you were proving
(... que) ils prouvassent	(... that) they were proving
(... que) elles prouvassent	(... that) they were proving

Imperative		Scored
prouve	Prove
prouvons	Let's prove
prouvez	Prove

Present Participle		Scored
prouvant	proving

Past Participle		Scored
prouvé	proved

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