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Conjugation of the French verb sourire

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb sourire, along with their English translations.

sourire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
sourire	to smile

Present		Scored
je souris	I smile
tu souris	you smile
il sourit	he smiles
elle sourit	she smiles
nous sourions	we smile
vous souriez	you smile
ils sourient	they smile
elles sourient	they smile

Imperfect		Scored
je souriais	I was smiling
tu souriais	you were smiling
il souriait	he was smiling
elle souriait	she was smiling
nous souriions	we were smiling
vous souriiez	you were smiling
ils souriaient	they were smiling
elles souriaient	they were smiling

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 souris	I smiled
tu souris	you smiled
il sourit	he smiled
elle sourit	she smiled
nous sourîmes	we smiled
vous sourîtes	you smiled
ils sourirent	they smiled
elles sourirent	they smiled

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai souri	I smiled
tu as souri	you smiled
il a souri	he smiled
elle a souri	she smiled
nous avons souri	we smiled
vous avez souri	you smiled
ils ont souri	they smiled
elles ont souri	they smiled

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais souri	I had smiled
tu avais souri	you had smiled
il avait souri	he had smiled
elle avait souri	she had smiled
nous avions souri	we had smiled
vous aviez souri	you had smiled
ils avaient souri	they had smiled
elles avaient souri	they had smiled

Future		Scored
je sourirai	I will smile
tu souriras	you will smile
il sourira	he will smile
elle sourira	she will smile
nous sourirons	we will smile
vous sourirez	you will smile
ils souriront	they will smile
elles souriront	they will smile

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai souri	I will have smiled
tu auras souri	you will have smiled
il aura souri	he will have smiled
elle aura souri	she will have smiled
nous aurons souri	we will have smiled
vous aurez souri	you will have smiled
ils auront souri	they will have smiled
elles auront souri	they will have smiled

Conditional		Scored
je sourirais	I would smile
tu sourirais	you would smile
il sourirait	he would smile
elle sourirait	she would smile
nous souririons	we would smile
vous souririez	you would smile
ils souriraient	they would smile
elles souriraient	they would smile

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais souri	I would have smiled
tu aurais souri	you would have smiled
il aurait souri	he would have smiled
elle aurait souri	she would have smiled
nous aurions souri	we would have smiled
vous auriez souri	you would have smiled
ils auraient souri	they would have smiled
elles auraient souri	they would have smiled

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je sourie	(... that) I smile
(... que) tu souries	(... that) you smile
(... que) il sourie	(... that) he smiles
(... que) elle sourie	(... that) she smiles
(... que) nous souriions	(... that) we smile
(... que) vous souriiez	(... that) you smile
(... que) ils sourient	(... that) they smile
(... que) elles sourient	(... that) they smile

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je sourisse	(... that) I was smiling
(... que) tu sourisses	(... that) you were smiling
(... que) il sourît	(... that) he was smiling
(... que) elle sourît	(... that) she was smiling
(... que) nous sourissions	(... that) we were smiling
(... que) vous sourissiez	(... that) you were smiling
(... que) ils sourissent	(... that) they were smiling
(... que) elles sourissent	(... that) they were smiling

Imperative		Scored
souris	Smile
sourions	Let's smile
souriez	Smile

Present Participle		Scored
souriant	smiling

Past Participle		Scored
souri	smiled

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