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Conjugation of the French verb secourir

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

secourir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
secourir	to rescue

Present		Scored
je secours	I rescue
tu secours	you rescue
il secourt	he rescues
elle secourt	she rescues
nous secourons	we rescue
vous secourez	you rescue
ils secourent	they rescue
elles secourent	they rescue

Imperfect		Scored
je secourais	I was rescuing
tu secourais	you were rescuing
il secourait	he was rescuing
elle secourait	she was rescuing
nous secourions	we were rescuing
vous secouriez	you were rescuing
ils secouraient	they were rescuing
elles secouraient	they were rescuing

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 secourus	I rescued
tu secourus	you rescued
il secourut	he rescued
elle secourut	she rescued
nous secourûmes	we rescued
vous secourûtes	you rescued
ils secoururent	they rescued
elles secoururent	they rescued

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

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

Future		Scored
je secourrai	I will rescue
tu secourras	you will rescue
il secourra	he will rescue
elle secourra	she will rescue
nous secourrons	we will rescue
vous secourrez	you will rescue
ils secourront	they will rescue
elles secourront	they will rescue

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

Conditional		Scored
je secourrais	I would rescue
tu secourrais	you would rescue
il secourrait	he would rescue
elle secourrait	she would rescue
nous secourrions	we would rescue
vous secourriez	you would rescue
ils secourraient	they would rescue
elles secourraient	they would rescue

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je secoure	(... that) I rescue
(... que) tu secoures	(... that) you rescue
(... que) il secoure	(... that) he rescues
(... que) elle secoure	(... that) she rescues
(... que) nous secourions	(... that) we rescue
(... que) vous secouriez	(... that) you rescue
(... que) ils secourent	(... that) they rescue
(... que) elles secourent	(... that) they rescue

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je secourusse	(... that) I was rescuing
(... que) tu secourusses	(... that) you were rescuing
(... que) il secourût	(... that) he was rescuing
(... que) elle secourût	(... that) she was rescuing
(... que) nous secourussions	(... that) we were rescuing
(... que) vous secourussiez	(... that) you were rescuing
(... que) ils secourussent	(... that) they were rescuing
(... que) elles secourussent	(... that) they were rescuing

Imperative		Scored
secours	Rescue
secourons	Let's rescue
secourez	Rescue

Present Participle		Scored
secourant	rescuing

Past Participle		Scored
secouru	rescued

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