Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb jouer

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

jouer is a regular 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 jouai	I played
tu jouas	you played
il joua	he played
elle joua	she played
nous jouâmes	we played
vous jouâtes	you played
ils jouèrent	they played
elles jouèrent	they played

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