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Conjugation of the French verb tourner

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

tourner is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tourner	to turn

Present		Scored
je tourne	I turn
tu tournes	you turn
il tourne	he turns
elle tourne	she turns
nous tournons	we turn
vous tournez	you turn
ils tournent	they turn
elles tournent	they turn

Imperfect		Scored
je tournais	I was turning
tu tournais	you were turning
il tournait	he was turning
elle tournait	she was turning
nous tournions	we were turning
vous tourniez	you were turning
ils tournaient	they were turning
elles tournaient	they were turning

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 tournai	I turned
tu tournas	you turned
il tourna	he turned
elle tourna	she turned
nous tournâmes	we turned
vous tournâtes	you turned
ils tournèrent	they turned
elles tournèrent	they turned

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

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

Future		Scored
je tournerai	I will turn
tu tourneras	you will turn
il tournera	he will turn
elle tournera	she will turn
nous tournerons	we will turn
vous tournerez	you will turn
ils tourneront	they will turn
elles tourneront	they will turn

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

Conditional		Scored
je tournerais	I would turn
tu tournerais	you would turn
il tournerait	he would turn
elle tournerait	she would turn
nous tournerions	we would turn
vous tourneriez	you would turn
ils tourneraient	they would turn
elles tourneraient	they would turn

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tourne	(... that) I turn
(... que) tu tournes	(... that) you turn
(... que) il tourne	(... that) he turns
(... que) elle tourne	(... that) she turns
(... que) nous tournions	(... that) we turn
(... que) vous tourniez	(... that) you turn
(... que) ils tournent	(... that) they turn
(... que) elles tournent	(... that) they turn

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tournasse	(... that) I was turning
(... que) tu tournasses	(... that) you were turning
(... que) il tournât	(... that) he was turning
(... que) elle tournât	(... that) she was turning
(... que) nous tournassions	(... that) we were turning
(... que) vous tournassiez	(... that) you were turning
(... que) ils tournassent	(... that) they were turning
(... que) elles tournassent	(... that) they were turning

Imperative		Scored
tourne	Turn
tournons	Let's turn
tournez	Turn

Present Participle		Scored
tournant	turning

Past Participle		Scored
tourné	turned

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