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Conjugation of the French verb trouver

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



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
trouverto find

PresentScored
je trouveI find
tu trouvesyou find
il trouvehe finds
elle trouveshe finds
nous trouvonswe find
vous trouvezyou find
ils trouventthey find
elles trouventthey find

ImperfectScored
je trouvaisI was finding
tu trouvaisyou were finding
il trouvaithe was finding
elle trouvaitshe was finding
nous trouvionswe were finding
vous trouviezyou were finding
ils trouvaientthey were finding
elles trouvaientthey were finding

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 trouvaiI found
tu trouvasyou found
il trouvahe found
elle trouvashe found
nous trouvâmeswe found
vous trouvâtesyou found
ils trouvèrentthey found
elles trouvèrentthey found

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai trouvéI found
tu as trouvéyou found
il a trouvéhe found
elle a trouvéshe found
nous avons trouvéwe found
vous avez trouvéyou found
ils ont trouvéthey found
elles ont trouvéthey found

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais trouvéI had found
tu avais trouvéyou had found
il avait trouvéhe had found
elle avait trouvéshe had found
nous avions trouvéwe had found
vous aviez trouvéyou had found
ils avaient trouvéthey had found
elles avaient trouvéthey had found

FutureScored
je trouveraiI will find
tu trouverasyou will find
il trouverahe will find
elle trouverashe will find
nous trouveronswe will find
vous trouverezyou will find
ils trouverontthey will find
elles trouverontthey will find

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 trouvéI will have found
tu auras trouvéyou will have found
il aura trouvéhe will have found
elle aura trouvéshe will have found
nous aurons trouvéwe will have found
vous aurez trouvéyou will have found
ils auront trouvéthey will have found
elles auront trouvéthey will have found

ConditionalScored
je trouveraisI would find
tu trouveraisyou would find
il trouveraithe would find
elle trouveraitshe would find
nous trouverionswe would find
vous trouveriezyou would find
ils trouveraientthey would find
elles trouveraientthey would find

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 trouvéI would have found
tu aurais trouvéyou would have found
il aurait trouvéhe would have found
elle aurait trouvéshe would have found
nous aurions trouvéwe would have found
vous auriez trouvéyou would have found
ils auraient trouvéthey would have found
elles auraient trouvéthey would have found

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je trouve(... that) I find
(... que) tu trouves(... that) you find
(... que) il trouve(... that) he finds
(... que) elle trouve(... that) she finds
(... que) nous trouvions(... that) we find
(... que) vous trouviez(... that) you find
(... que) ils trouvent(... that) they find
(... que) elles trouvent(... that) they find

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) je trouvasse(... that) I was finding
(... que) tu trouvasses(... that) you were finding
(... que) il trouvât(... that) he was finding
(... que) elle trouvât(... that) she was finding
(... que) nous trouvassions(... that) we were finding
(... que) vous trouvassiez(... that) you were finding
(... que) ils trouvassent(... that) they were finding
(... que) elles trouvassent(... that) they were finding

ImperativeScored
trouve Find
trouvonsLet's find
trouvez Find

Present ParticipleScored
trouvant finding

Past ParticipleScored
trouvé found

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