French reference
croire
to believe
Irregular · 19 form tables
Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms. Literary categories and supplied participle agreement forms are labeled separately.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I believe |
| tu | you believe |
| il/elle/on | he/she believes |
| nous | we believe |
| vous | you (plural/formal) believe |
| ils/elles | they believe |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I believed; I have believed |
| tu | you believed; you have believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she believed; he/she has believed |
| nous | we believed; we have believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) believed; you (plural/formal) have believed |
| ils/elles | they believed; they have believed |
Imperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I believed |
| tu | you believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she believed |
| nous | we believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) believed |
| ils/elles | they believed |
Pluperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had believed |
| tu | you had believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she had believed |
| nous | we had believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had believed |
| ils/elles | they had believed |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I will believe |
| tu | you will believe |
| il/elle/on | he/she will believe |
| nous | we will believe |
| vous | you (plural/formal) will believe |
| ils/elles | they will believe |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I will have believed |
| tu | you will have believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she will have believed |
| nous | we will have believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) will have believed |
| ils/elles | they will have believed |
Near future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I am going to believe |
| tu | you are going to believe |
| il/elle/on | he/she is going to believe |
| nous | we are going to believe |
| vous | you (plural/formal) are going to believe |
| ils/elles | they are going to believe |
Recent past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I have just believed |
| tu | you have just believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she has just believed |
| nous | we have just believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) have just believed |
| ils/elles | they have just believed |
Simple past (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I believed |
| tu | you believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she believed |
| nous | we believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) believed |
| ils/elles | they believed |
Past anterior (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had believed |
| tu | you had believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she had believed |
| nous | we had believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had believed |
| ils/elles | they had believed |
Conditional
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would believe |
| tu | you would believe |
| il/elle/on | he/she would believe |
| nous | we would believe |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would believe |
| ils/elles | they would believe |
Past conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have believed |
| tu | you would have believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have believed |
| nous | we would have believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have believed |
| ils/elles | they would have believed |
Past conditional, second form (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have believed |
| tu | you would have believed |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have believed |
| nous | we would have believed |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have believed |
| ils/elles | they would have believed |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I believe |
| tu | (that) you believe |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she believes |
| nous | (that) we believe |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) believe |
| ils/elles | (that) they believe |
Past subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I have believed |
| tu | (that) you have believed |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she has believed |
| nous | (that) we have believed |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) have believed |
| ils/elles | (that) they have believed |
Imperfect subjunctive (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I believed |
| tu | (that) you believed |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she believed |
| nous | (that) we believed |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) believed |
| ils/elles | (that) they believed |
Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I had believed |
| tu | (that) you had believed |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she had believed |
| nous | (that) we had believed |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) had believed |
| ils/elles | (that) they had believed |
Imperative
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| tu | believe! |
| nous | let's believe! |
| vous | believe! (plural/formal) |
Past imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| tu | have believed by then! |
| nous | let's have believed by then! |
| vous | have believed by then! (plural/formal) |
Additional forms
- Gerund
- Present participle
- Past participle
- / / /
- Past infinitive
- Perfect participle
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