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Conjugation of the French verb vouloir

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

vouloir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
vouloir	to want

Present		Scored
je veux	I want
tu veux	you want
il veut	he wants
elle veut	she wants
nous voulons	we want
vous voulez	you want
ils veulent	they want
elles veulent	they want

Imperfect		Scored
je voulais	I was wanting
tu voulais	you were wanting
il voulait	he was wanting
elle voulait	she was wanting
nous voulions	we were wanting
vous vouliez	you were wanting
ils voulaient	they were wanting
elles voulaient	they were wanting

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 voulus	I wanted
tu voulus	you wanted
il voulut	he wanted
elle voulut	she wanted
nous voulûmes	we wanted
vous voulûtes	you wanted
ils voulurent	they wanted
elles voulurent	they wanted

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

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

Future		Scored
je voudrai	I will want
tu voudras	you will want
il voudra	he will want
elle voudra	she will want
nous voudrons	we will want
vous voudrez	you will want
ils voudront	they will want
elles voudront	they will want

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 voulu	I will have wanted
tu auras voulu	you will have wanted
il aura voulu	he will have wanted
elle aura voulu	she will have wanted
nous aurons voulu	we will have wanted
vous aurez voulu	you will have wanted
ils auront voulu	they will have wanted
elles auront voulu	they will have wanted

Conditional		Scored
je voudrais	I would want
tu voudrais	you would want
il voudrait	he would want
elle voudrait	she would want
nous voudrions	we would want
vous voudriez	you would want
ils voudraient	they would want
elles voudraient	they would want

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 voulu	I would have wanted
tu aurais voulu	you would have wanted
il aurait voulu	he would have wanted
elle aurait voulu	she would have wanted
nous aurions voulu	we would have wanted
vous auriez voulu	you would have wanted
ils auraient voulu	they would have wanted
elles auraient voulu	they would have wanted

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je veuille	(... that) I want
(... que) tu veuilles	(... that) you want
(... que) il veuille	(... that) he wants
(... que) elle veuille	(... that) she wants
(... que) nous voulions	(... that) we want
(... que) vous vouliez	(... that) you want
(... que) ils veuillent	(... that) they want
(... que) elles veuillent	(... that) they want

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je voulusse	(... that) I was wanting
(... que) tu voulusses	(... that) you were wanting
(... que) il voulût	(... that) he was wanting
(... que) elle voulût	(... that) she was wanting
(... que) nous voulussions	(... that) we were wanting
(... que) vous voulussiez	(... that) you were wanting
(... que) ils voulussent	(... that) they were wanting
(... que) elles voulussent	(... that) they were wanting

Imperative		Scored
veux	Want
voulons	Let's want
veuillez	Want

Present Participle		Scored
voulant	wanting

Past Participle		Scored
voulu	wanted

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