Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb dire

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

dire 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 dis	I said
tu dis	you said
il dit	he said
elle dit	she said
nous dîmes	we said
vous dîtes	you said
ils dirent	they said
elles dirent	they said

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