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Conjugation of the French verb taire

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

taire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
taire	to mute

Present		Scored
je tais	I mute
tu tais	you mute
il tait	he mutes
elle tait	she mutes
nous taisons	we mute
vous taisez	you mute
ils taisent	they mute
elles taisent	they mute

Imperfect		Scored
je taisais	I was muting
tu taisais	you were muting
il taisait	he was muting
elle taisait	she was muting
nous taisions	we were muting
vous taisiez	you were muting
ils taisaient	they were muting
elles taisaient	they were muting

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 tus	I muted
tu tus	you muted
il tut	he muted
elle tut	she muted
nous tûmes	we muted
vous tûtes	you muted
ils turent	they muted
elles turent	they muted

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

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

Future		Scored
je tairai	I will mute
tu tairas	you will mute
il taira	he will mute
elle taira	she will mute
nous tairons	we will mute
vous tairez	you will mute
ils tairont	they will mute
elles tairont	they will mute

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

Conditional		Scored
je tairais	I would mute
tu tairais	you would mute
il tairait	he would mute
elle tairait	she would mute
nous tairions	we would mute
vous tairiez	you would mute
ils tairaient	they would mute
elles tairaient	they would mute

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je taise	(... that) I mute
(... que) tu taises	(... that) you mute
(... que) il taise	(... that) he mutes
(... que) elle taise	(... that) she mutes
(... que) nous taisions	(... that) we mute
(... que) vous taisiez	(... that) you mute
(... que) ils taisent	(... that) they mute
(... que) elles taisent	(... that) they mute

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tusse	(... that) I was muting
(... que) tu tusses	(... that) you were muting
(... que) il tût	(... that) he was muting
(... que) elle tût	(... that) she was muting
(... que) nous tussions	(... that) we were muting
(... que) vous tussiez	(... that) you were muting
(... que) ils tussent	(... that) they were muting
(... que) elles tussent	(... that) they were muting

Imperative		Scored
tais-toi	Mute
taisons	Let's mute
taisez-vous	Mute

Present Participle		Scored
taisant	muting

Past Participle		Scored
tu	muted

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