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Conjugation of the French verb suivre

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

suivre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
suivre	to follow

Present		Scored
je suis	I follow
tu suis	you follow
il suit	he follows
elle suit	she follows
nous suivons	we follow
vous suivez	you follow
ils suivent	they follow
elles suivent	they follow

Imperfect		Scored
je suivais	I was following
tu suivais	you were following
il suivait	he was following
elle suivait	she was following
nous suivions	we were following
vous suiviez	you were following
ils suivaient	they were following
elles suivaient	they were following

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 suivis	I followed
tu suivis	you followed
il suivit	he followed
elle suivit	she followed
nous suivîmes	we followed
vous suivîtes	you followed
ils suivirent	they followed
elles suivirent	they followed

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

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

Future		Scored
je suivrai	I will follow
tu suivras	you will follow
il suivra	he will follow
elle suivra	she will follow
nous suivrons	we will follow
vous suivrez	you will follow
ils suivront	they will follow
elles suivront	they will follow

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

Conditional		Scored
je suivrais	I would follow
tu suivrais	you would follow
il suivrait	he would follow
elle suivrait	she would follow
nous suivrions	we would follow
vous suivriez	you would follow
ils suivraient	they would follow
elles suivraient	they would follow

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je suive	(... that) I follow
(... que) tu suives	(... that) you follow
(... que) il suive	(... that) he follows
(... que) elle suive	(... that) she follows
(... que) nous suivions	(... that) we follow
(... que) vous suiviez	(... that) you follow
(... que) ils suivent	(... that) they follow
(... que) elles suivent	(... that) they follow

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je suivisse	(... that) I was following
(... que) tu suivisses	(... that) you were following
(... que) il suivît	(... that) he was following
(... que) elle suivît	(... that) she was following
(... que) nous suivissions	(... that) we were following
(... que) vous suivissiez	(... that) you were following
(... que) ils suivissent	(... that) they were following
(... que) elles suivissent	(... that) they were following

Imperative		Scored
suis	Follow
suivons	Let's follow
suivez	Follow

Present Participle		Scored
suivant	following

Past Participle		Scored
suivi	followed

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