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secourir
secourir
French
Verb
secourir
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like other regular -ir verbs, except that in the conditional and future tenses an extra ‘r’ is added to the end of the stem and the past participle ends in -u. All verb ending in -courir are conjugated this way.
Conjugation of secourir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | secourir | avoir secouru | |||||
| gerund | en secourant | en ayant secouru | |||||
| present participle | secourant /sə.ku.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | secouru /sə.ku.ʁy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | secours /sə.kuʁ/ |
secours /sə.kuʁ/ |
secourt /sə.kuʁ/ |
secourons /sə.ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
secourez /sə.ku.ʁe/ |
secourent /sə.kuʁ/ |
| imperfect | secourais /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secourais /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secourait /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secourions /sə.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
secouriez /sə.ku.ʁje/ |
secouraient /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | secourus /sə.ku.ʁy/ |
secourus /sə.ku.ʁy/ |
secourut /sə.ku.ʁy/ |
secourûmes /sə.ku.ʁym/ |
secourûtes /sə.ku.ʁyt/ |
secoururent /sə.ku.ʁyʁ/ |
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| future | secourrai /sə.ku.ʁe/ |
secourras /sə.ku.ʁa/ |
secourra /sə.ku.ʁa/ |
secourrons /sə.ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
secourrez /sə.ku.ʁe/ |
secourront /sə.ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | secourrais /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secourrais /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secourrait /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secourrions /sə.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
secourriez /sə.ku.ʁje/ |
secourraient /sə.ku.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 | secoure /sə.kuʁ/ |
secoures /sə.kuʁ/ |
secoure /sə.kuʁ/ |
secourions /sə.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
secouriez /sə.ku.ʁje/ |
secourent /sə.kuʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
secourusse /sə.ku.ʁys/ |
secourusses /sə.ku.ʁys/ |
secourût /sə.ku.ʁy/ |
secourussions /sə.ku.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
secourussiez /sə.ku.ʁy.sje/ |
secourussent /sə.ku.ʁys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | secours /sə.kuʁ/ |
— | secourons /sə.ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
secourez /sə.ku.ʁe/ |
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