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Conjugation of the French verb secouer

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

secouer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
secouer	to shake

Present		Scored
je secoue	I shake
tu secoues	you shake
il secoue	he shakes
elle secoue	she shakes
nous secouons	we shake
vous secouez	you shake
ils secouent	they shake
elles secouent	they shake

Imperfect		Scored
je secouais	I was shaking
tu secouais	you were shaking
il secouait	he was shaking
elle secouait	she was shaking
nous secouions	we were shaking
vous secouiez	you were shaking
ils secouaient	they were shaking
elles secouaient	they were shaking

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 secouai	I shook
tu secouas	you shook
il secoua	he shook
elle secoua	she shook
nous secouâmes	we shook
vous secouâtes	you shook
ils secouèrent	they shook
elles secouèrent	they shook

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

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

Future		Scored
je secouerai	I will shake
tu secoueras	you will shake
il secouera	he will shake
elle secouera	she will shake
nous secouerons	we will shake
vous secouerez	you will shake
ils secoueront	they will shake
elles secoueront	they will shake

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

Conditional		Scored
je secouerais	I would shake
tu secouerais	you would shake
il secouerait	he would shake
elle secouerait	she would shake
nous secouerions	we would shake
vous secoueriez	you would shake
ils secoueraient	they would shake
elles secoueraient	they would shake

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je secoue	(... that) I shake
(... que) tu secoues	(... that) you shake
(... que) il secoue	(... that) he shakes
(... que) elle secoue	(... that) she shakes
(... que) nous secouions	(... that) we shake
(... que) vous secouiez	(... that) you shake
(... que) ils secouent	(... that) they shake
(... que) elles secouent	(... that) they shake

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je secouasse	(... that) I was shaking
(... que) tu secouasses	(... that) you were shaking
(... que) il secouât	(... that) he was shaking
(... que) elle secouât	(... that) she was shaking
(... que) nous secouassions	(... that) we were shaking
(... que) vous secouassiez	(... that) you were shaking
(... que) ils secouassent	(... that) they were shaking
(... que) elles secouassent	(... that) they were shaking

Imperative		Scored
secoue	Shake
secouons	Let's shake
secouez	Shake

Present Participle		Scored
secouant	shaking

Past Participle		Scored
secoué	shaken

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