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Conjugation of the French verb écrire

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

écrire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
écrire	to write

Present		Scored
j'écris	I write
tu écris	you write
il écrit	he writes
elle écrit	she writes
nous écrivons	we write
vous écrivez	you write
ils écrivent	they write
elles écrivent	they write

Imperfect		Scored
j'écrivais	I was writing
tu écrivais	you were writing
il écrivait	he was writing
elle écrivait	she was writing
nous écrivions	we were writing
vous écriviez	you were writing
ils écrivaient	they were writing
elles écrivaient	they were writing

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
j'écrivis	I wrote
tu écrivis	you wrote
il écrivit	he wrote
elle écrivit	she wrote
nous écrivîmes	we wrote
vous écrivîtes	you wrote
ils écrivirent	they wrote
elles écrivirent	they wrote

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

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

Future		Scored
j'écrirai	I will write
tu écriras	you will write
il écrira	he will write
elle écrira	she will write
nous écrirons	we will write
vous écrirez	you will write
ils écriront	they will write
elles écriront	they will write

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

Conditional		Scored
j'écrirais	I would write
tu écrirais	you would write
il écrirait	he would write
elle écrirait	she would write
nous écririons	we would write
vous écririez	you would write
ils écriraient	they would write
elles écriraient	they would write

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'écrive	(... that) I write
(... que) tu écrives	(... that) you write
(... que) il écrive	(... that) he writes
(... que) elle écrive	(... that) she writes
(... que) nous écrivions	(... that) we write
(... que) vous écriviez	(... that) you write
(... que) ils écrivent	(... that) they write
(... que) elles écrivent	(... that) they write

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'écrivisse	(... that) I was writing
(... que) tu écrivisses	(... that) you were writing
(... que) il écrivît	(... that) he was writing
(... que) elle écrivît	(... that) she was writing
(... que) nous écrivissions	(... that) we were writing
(... que) vous écrivissiez	(... that) you were writing
(... que) ils écrivissent	(... that) they were writing
(... que) elles écrivissent	(... that) they were writing

Imperative		Scored
écris	Write
écrivons	Let's write
écrivez	Write

Present Participle		Scored
écrivant	writing

Past Participle		Scored
écrit	written

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