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Conjugation of the French verb tuer

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

tuer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tuer	to kill

Present		Scored
je tue	I kill
tu tues	you kill
il tue	he kills
elle tue	she kills
nous tuons	we kill
vous tuez	you kill
ils tuent	they kill
elles tuent	they kill

Imperfect		Scored
je tuais	I was killing
tu tuais	you were killing
il tuait	he was killing
elle tuait	she was killing
nous tuions	we were killing
vous tuiez	you were killing
ils tuaient	they were killing
elles tuaient	they were killing

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 tuai	I killed
tu tuas	you killed
il tua	he killed
elle tua	she killed
nous tuâmes	we killed
vous tuâtes	you killed
ils tuèrent	they killed
elles tuèrent	they killed

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

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

Future		Scored
je tuerai	I will kill
tu tueras	you will kill
il tuera	he will kill
elle tuera	she will kill
nous tuerons	we will kill
vous tuerez	you will kill
ils tueront	they will kill
elles tueront	they will kill

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

Conditional		Scored
je tuerais	I would kill
tu tuerais	you would kill
il tuerait	he would kill
elle tuerait	she would kill
nous tuerions	we would kill
vous tueriez	you would kill
ils tueraient	they would kill
elles tueraient	they would kill

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tue	(... that) I kill
(... que) tu tues	(... that) you kill
(... que) il tue	(... that) he kills
(... que) elle tue	(... that) she kills
(... que) nous tuions	(... that) we kill
(... que) vous tuiez	(... that) you kill
(... que) ils tuent	(... that) they kill
(... que) elles tuent	(... that) they kill

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tuasse	(... that) I was killing
(... que) tu tuasses	(... that) you were killing
(... que) il tuât	(... that) he was killing
(... que) elle tuât	(... that) she was killing
(... que) nous tuassions	(... that) we were killing
(... que) vous tuassiez	(... that) you were killing
(... que) ils tuassent	(... that) they were killing
(... que) elles tuassent	(... that) they were killing

Imperative		Scored
tue	Kill
tuons	Let's kill
tuez	Kill

Present Participle		Scored
tuant	killing

Past Participle		Scored
tué	killed

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