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Conjugation of the French verb suffire

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

suffire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
suffire	to suffice

Present		Scored
je suffis	I suffice
tu suffis	you suffice
il suffit	he suffices
elle suffit	she suffices
nous suffisons	we suffice
vous suffisez	you suffice
ils suffisent	they suffice
elles suffisent	they suffice

Imperfect		Scored
je suffisais	I was sufficing
tu suffisais	you were sufficing
il suffisait	he was sufficing
elle suffisait	she was sufficing
nous suffisions	we were sufficing
vous suffisiez	you were sufficing
ils suffisaient	they were sufficing
elles suffisaient	they were sufficing

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 suffis	I sufficed
tu suffis	you sufficed
il suffit	he sufficed
elle suffit	she sufficed
nous suffîmes	we sufficed
vous suffîtes	you sufficed
ils suffirent	they sufficed
elles suffirent	they sufficed

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

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

Future		Scored
je suffirai	I will suffice
tu suffiras	you will suffice
il suffira	he will suffice
elle suffira	she will suffice
nous suffirons	we will suffice
vous suffirez	you will suffice
ils suffiront	they will suffice
elles suffiront	they will suffice

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

Conditional		Scored
je suffirais	I would suffice
tu suffirais	you would suffice
il suffirait	he would suffice
elle suffirait	she would suffice
nous suffirions	we would suffice
vous suffiriez	you would suffice
ils suffiraient	they would suffice
elles suffiraient	they would suffice

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je suffise	(... that) I suffice
(... que) tu suffises	(... that) you suffice
(... que) il suffise	(... that) he suffices
(... que) elle suffise	(... that) she suffices
(... que) nous suffisions	(... that) we suffice
(... que) vous suffisiez	(... that) you suffice
(... que) ils suffisent	(... that) they suffice
(... que) elles suffisent	(... that) they suffice

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je suffisse	(... that) I was sufficing
(... que) tu suffisses	(... that) you were sufficing
(... que) il suffît	(... that) he was sufficing
(... que) elle suffît	(... that) she was sufficing
(... que) nous suffissions	(... that) we were sufficing
(... que) vous suffissiez	(... that) you were sufficing
(... que) ils suffissent	(... that) they were sufficing
(... que) elles suffissent	(... that) they were sufficing

Imperative		Scored
suffis	Suffice
suffisons	Let's suffice
suffisez	Suffice

Present Participle		Scored
suffisant	sufficing

Past Participle		Scored
suffi	sufficed

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