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courir
courir
French
Verb
courir
- to run
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 courir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | courir | avoir couru | |||||
| gerund | en courant | en ayant couru | |||||
| present participle | courant /ku.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | couru /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 | cours /kuʁ/ |
cours /kuʁ/ |
court /kuʁ/ |
courons /ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
courez /ku.ʁe/ |
courent /kuʁ/ |
| imperfect | courais /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courais /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courait /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courions /ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couriez /ku.ʁje/ |
couraient /ku.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | courus /ku.ʁy/ |
courus /ku.ʁy/ |
courut /ku.ʁy/ |
courûmes /ku.ʁym/ |
courûtes /ku.ʁyt/ |
coururent /ku.ʁyʁ/ |
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| future | courrai /ku.ʁe/ |
courras /ku.ʁa/ |
courra /ku.ʁa/ |
courrons /ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
courrez /ku.ʁe/ |
courront /ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | courrais /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courrais /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courrait /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courrions /ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
courriez /ku.ʁje/ |
courraient /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 | coure /kuʁ/ |
coures /kuʁ/ |
coure /kuʁ/ |
courions /ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couriez /ku.ʁje/ |
courent /kuʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
courusse /ku.ʁys/ |
courusses /ku.ʁys/ |
courût /ku.ʁy/ |
courussions /ku.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
courussiez /ku.ʁy.sje/ |
courussent /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 | – | |
| — | cours /kuʁ/ |
— | courons /ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
courez /ku.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||