Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb être

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

être 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 fus	I was
tu fus	you were
il fut	he was
elle fut	she was
nous fûmes	we were
vous fûtes	you were
ils furent	they were
elles furent	they were

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