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fuir
fuir
See also: fuïr
French
Verb
fuir
Conjugation
Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fuir | avoir fui | |||||
| gerund | en fuyant | en ayant fui | |||||
| present participle | fuyant /fɥi.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fui /fɥi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fuis /fɥi/ |
fuis /fɥi/ |
fuit /fɥi/ |
fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/ |
fuyez /fɥi.je/ |
fuient /fɥi/ |
| imperfect | fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/ |
fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/ |
fuyait /fɥi.jɛ/ |
fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/ |
fuyiez /fɥij.je/ |
fuyaient /fɥi.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fuis /fɥi/ |
fuis /fɥi/ |
fuit /fɥi/ |
fuîmes /fɥim/ |
fuîtes /fɥit/ |
fuirent /fɥiʁ/ |
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| future | fuirai /fɥi.ʁe/ |
fuiras /fɥi.ʁa/ |
fuira /fɥi.ʁa/ |
fuirons /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
fuirez /fɥi.ʁe/ |
fuiront /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/ |
fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/ |
fuirait /fɥi.ʁɛ/ |
fuirions /fɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fuiriez /fɥi.ʁje/ |
fuiraient /fɥi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fuie /fɥi/ |
fuies /fɥi/ |
fuie /fɥi/ |
fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/ |
fuyiez /fɥij.je/ |
fuient /fɥi/ |
| imperfect1 |
fuisse /fɥis/ |
fuisses /fɥis/ |
fuît /fɥi/ |
fuissions /fɥi.sjɔ̃/ |
fuissiez /fɥi.sje/ |
fuissent /fɥis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fuis /fɥi/ |
— | fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/ |
fuyez /fɥi.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fugīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō.
Verb
fuir
- to flee
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fuir | avoir foï, fuï | |||||
| gerund | en fuiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | fuiant | ||||||
| past participle | foï, fuï | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | fui | fuis | fuit | fuions | fuiiez | fuient |
| imperfect | fuioie, fuieie | fuioies, fuieies | fuioit, fuieit | fuiiiens, fuiiens | fuiiiez, fuiiez | fuioient, fuieient | |
| preterite | foï, fuï | foïs, fuïs | foï, fuï | foïmes, fuïmes | foïstes, fuïstes | foïrent, fuïrent | |
| future | fuirai | fuiras | fuira | fuirons | fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez | fuiront | |
| conditional | fuiroie, fuireie | fuiroies, fuireies | fuiroit, fuireit | fuiriiens, fuiriens | fuiriiez, fuiriez | fuiroient, fuireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | fuie | fuies | fuie | fuiiens, fuions | fuiiez | fuient |
| imperfect | foïsse, fuïsse | foïsses, fuïsses | foïst, fuïst | foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens | foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez | foïssent, fuïssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | fui | — | fuions | fuiiez | — | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: fuir