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couvrir
couvrir
French
Verb
couvrir
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like ouvrir and offrir. It is conjugated like a regular -er verb in the present and imperfect indicative, present subjunctive, imperative, and present participle; it is conjugated like a regular -ir verb in the infinitive, future indicative, conditional, past historic, and imperfect subjunctive; and its past participle couvert is irregular.
Conjugation of couvrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | couvrir | avoir couvert | |||||
| gerund | en couvrant | en ayant couvert | |||||
| present participle | couvrant /ku.vʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | couvert /ku.vɛʁ/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | couvre /kuvʁ/ |
couvres /kuvʁ/ |
couvre /kuvʁ/ |
couvrons /ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
couvrez /ku.vʁe/ |
couvrent /kuvʁ/ |
| imperfect | couvrais /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couvrais /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couvrait /ku.vʁɛ/ |
couvrions /ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
couvriez /ku.vʁi.je/ |
couvraient /ku.vʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | couvris /ku.vʁi/ |
couvris /ku.vʁi/ |
couvrit /ku.vʁi/ |
couvrîmes /ku.vʁim/ |
couvrîtes /ku.vʁit/ |
couvrirent /ku.vʁiʁ/ |
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| future | couvrirai /ku.vʁi.ʁe/ |
couvriras /ku.vʁi.ʁa/ |
couvrira /ku.vʁi.ʁa/ |
couvrirons /ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
couvrirez /ku.vʁi.ʁe/ |
couvriront /ku.vʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | couvrirais /ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
couvrirais /ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
couvrirait /ku.vʁi.ʁɛ/ |
couvririons /ku.vʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couvririez /ku.vʁi.ʁje/ |
couvriraient /ku.vʁi.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 | couvre /kuvʁ/ |
couvres /kuvʁ/ |
couvre /kuvʁ/ |
couvrions /ku.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
couvriez /ku.vʁi.je/ |
couvrent /kuvʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
couvrisse /ku.vʁis/ |
couvrisses /ku.vʁis/ |
couvrît /ku.vʁi/ |
couvrissions /ku.vʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
couvrissiez /ku.vʁi.sje/ |
couvrissent /ku.vʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | couvre /kuvʁ/ |
— | couvrons /ku.vʁɔ̃/ |
couvrez /ku.vʁe/ |
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