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Conjugation of the French verb tirer

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

tirer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tirer	to pull

Present		Scored
je tire	I pull
tu tires	you pull
il tire	he pulls
elle tire	she pulls
nous tirons	we pull
vous tirez	you pull
ils tirent	they pull
elles tirent	they pull

Imperfect		Scored
je tirais	I was pulling
tu tirais	you were pulling
il tirait	he was pulling
elle tirait	she was pulling
nous tirions	we were pulling
vous tiriez	you were pulling
ils tiraient	they were pulling
elles tiraient	they were pulling

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 tirai	I pulled
tu tiras	you pulled
il tira	he pulled
elle tira	she pulled
nous tirâmes	we pulled
vous tirâtes	you pulled
ils tirèrent	they pulled
elles tirèrent	they pulled

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

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

Future		Scored
je tirerai	I will pull
tu tireras	you will pull
il tirera	he will pull
elle tirera	she will pull
nous tirerons	we will pull
vous tirerez	you will pull
ils tireront	they will pull
elles tireront	they will pull

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

Conditional		Scored
je tirerais	I would pull
tu tirerais	you would pull
il tirerait	he would pull
elle tirerait	she would pull
nous tirerions	we would pull
vous tireriez	you would pull
ils tireraient	they would pull
elles tireraient	they would pull

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tire	(... that) I pull
(... que) tu tires	(... that) you pull
(... que) il tire	(... that) he pulls
(... que) elle tire	(... that) she pulls
(... que) nous tirions	(... that) we pull
(... que) vous tiriez	(... that) you pull
(... que) ils tirent	(... that) they pull
(... que) elles tirent	(... that) they pull

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tirasse	(... that) I was pulling
(... que) tu tirasses	(... that) you were pulling
(... que) il tirât	(... that) he was pulling
(... que) elle tirât	(... that) she was pulling
(... que) nous tirassions	(... that) we were pulling
(... que) vous tirassiez	(... that) you were pulling
(... que) ils tirassent	(... that) they were pulling
(... que) elles tirassent	(... that) they were pulling

Imperative		Scored
tire	Pull
tirons	Let's pull
tirez	Pull

Present Participle		Scored
tirant	pulling

Past Participle		Scored
tiré	pulled

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