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Conjugation of the French verb refuser

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

refuser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
refuser	to refuse

Present		Scored
je refuse	I refuse
tu refuses	you refuse
il refuse	he refuses
elle refuse	she refuses
nous refusons	we refuse
vous refusez	you refuse
ils refusent	they refuse
elles refusent	they refuse

Imperfect		Scored
je refusais	I was refusing
tu refusais	you were refusing
il refusait	he was refusing
elle refusait	she was refusing
nous refusions	we were refusing
vous refusiez	you were refusing
ils refusaient	they were refusing
elles refusaient	they were refusing

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 refusai	I refused
tu refusas	you refused
il refusa	he refused
elle refusa	she refused
nous refusâmes	we refused
vous refusâtes	you refused
ils refusèrent	they refused
elles refusèrent	they refused

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

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

Future		Scored
je refuserai	I will refuse
tu refuseras	you will refuse
il refusera	he will refuse
elle refusera	she will refuse
nous refuserons	we will refuse
vous refuserez	you will refuse
ils refuseront	they will refuse
elles refuseront	they will refuse

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

Conditional		Scored
je refuserais	I would refuse
tu refuserais	you would refuse
il refuserait	he would refuse
elle refuserait	she would refuse
nous refuserions	we would refuse
vous refuseriez	you would refuse
ils refuseraient	they would refuse
elles refuseraient	they would refuse

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) tu refuses	(... that) you refuse
(... que) nous refusions	(... that) we refuse
(... que) vous refusiez	(... that) you refuse
(... que) ils refusent	(... that) they refuse
(... que) elles refusent	(... that) they refuse

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je refusasse	(... that) I was refusing
(... que) tu refusasses	(... that) you were refusing
(... que) il refusât	(... that) he was refusing
(... que) elle refusât	(... that) she was refusing
(... que) nous refusassions	(... that) we were refusing
(... que) vous refusassiez	(... that) you were refusing
(... que) ils refusassent	(... that) they were refusing
(... que) elles refusassent	(... that) they were refusing

Imperative		Scored
refuse	Refuse
refusons	Let's refuse
refusez	Refuse

Present Participle		Scored
refusant	refusing

Past Participle		Scored
refusé	refused

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