Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb boire

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb boire, along with their English translations.

boire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je bus	I drank
tu bus	you drank
il but	he drank
elle but	she drank
nous bûmes	we drank
vous bûtes	you drank
ils burent	they drank
elles burent	they drank

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