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Conjugation of the French verb voler

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

voler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
voler	to fly

Present		Scored
je vole	I fly
tu voles	you fly
il vole	he flies
elle vole	she flies
nous volons	we fly
vous volez	you fly
ils volent	they fly
elles volent	they fly

Imperfect		Scored
je volais	I was flying
tu volais	you were flying
il volait	he was flying
elle volait	she was flying
nous volions	we were flying
vous voliez	you were flying
ils volaient	they were flying
elles volaient	they were flying

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 volai	I flew
tu volas	you flew
il vola	he flew
elle vola	she flew
nous volâmes	we flew
vous volâtes	you flew
ils volèrent	they flew
elles volèrent	they flew

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

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

Future		Scored
je volerai	I will fly
tu voleras	you will fly
il volera	he will fly
elle volera	she will fly
nous volerons	we will fly
vous volerez	you will fly
ils voleront	they will fly
elles voleront	they will fly

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

Conditional		Scored
je volerais	I would fly
tu volerais	you would fly
il volerait	he would fly
elle volerait	she would fly
nous volerions	we would fly
vous voleriez	you would fly
ils voleraient	they would fly
elles voleraient	they would fly

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je vole	(... that) I fly
(... que) tu voles	(... that) you fly
(... que) il vole	(... that) he flies
(... que) elle vole	(... that) she flies
(... que) nous volions	(... that) we fly
(... que) vous voliez	(... that) you fly
(... que) ils volent	(... that) they fly
(... que) elles volent	(... that) they fly

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je volasse	(... that) I was flying
(... que) tu volasses	(... that) you were flying
(... que) il volât	(... that) he was flying
(... que) elle volât	(... that) she was flying
(... que) nous volassions	(... that) we were flying
(... que) vous volassiez	(... that) you were flying
(... que) ils volassent	(... that) they were flying
(... que) elles volassent	(... that) they were flying

Imperative		Scored
vole	Fly
volons	Let's fly
volez	Fly

Present Participle		Scored
volant	flying

Past Participle		Scored
volé	flown

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