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Conjugation of the French verb tousser

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

tousser is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tousser	to cough

Present		Scored
je tousse	I cough
tu tousses	you cough
il tousse	he coughs
elle tousse	she coughs
nous toussons	we cough
vous toussez	you cough
ils toussent	they cough
elles toussent	they cough

Imperfect		Scored
je toussais	I was coughing
tu toussais	you were coughing
il toussait	he was coughing
elle toussait	she was coughing
nous toussions	we were coughing
vous toussiez	you were coughing
ils toussaient	they were coughing
elles toussaient	they were coughing

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 toussai	I coughed
tu toussas	you coughed
il toussa	he coughed
elle toussa	she coughed
nous toussâmes	we coughed
vous toussâtes	you coughed
ils toussèrent	they coughed
elles toussèrent	they coughed

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

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

Future		Scored
je tousserai	I will cough
tu tousseras	you will cough
il toussera	he will cough
elle toussera	she will cough
nous tousserons	we will cough
vous tousserez	you will cough
ils tousseront	they will cough
elles tousseront	they will cough

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

Conditional		Scored
je tousserais	I would cough
tu tousserais	you would cough
il tousserait	he would cough
elle tousserait	she would cough
nous tousserions	we would cough
vous tousseriez	you would cough
ils tousseraient	they would cough
elles tousseraient	they would cough

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tousse	(... that) I cough
(... que) tu tousses	(... that) you cough
(... que) il tousse	(... that) he coughs
(... que) elle tousse	(... that) she coughs
(... que) nous toussions	(... that) we cough
(... que) vous toussiez	(... that) you cough
(... que) ils toussent	(... that) they cough
(... que) elles toussent	(... that) they cough

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je toussasse	(... that) I was coughing
(... que) tu toussasses	(... that) you were coughing
(... que) il toussât	(... that) he was coughing
(... que) elle toussât	(... that) she was coughing
(... que) nous toussassions	(... that) we were coughing
(... que) vous toussassiez	(... that) you were coughing
(... que) ils toussassent	(... that) they were coughing
(... que) elles toussassent	(... that) they were coughing

Imperative		Scored
tousse	Cough
toussons	Let's cough
toussez	Cough

Present Participle		Scored
toussant	coughing

Past Participle		Scored
toussé	coughed

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