So to remember this, imagine asking about the COST of a COOT. Techniques like this will assist your long-term recall, particularly if combined with an actual picture of the visualisation.
So, if you want to know how to ask what things cost in French, and how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.
The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb coûter - French for cost
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Here you will learn the conjugations of coûter, which is French for cost.
I cost.
you cost.
he will cost.
we would cost.
they may cost.
The Verb Conjugating Tables below for coûter, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.
VERB CONJUGATION TABLE coûter
Simple Tenses coûter
TENSE
je/j’
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present Présent cost
coûte
coûtes
coûte
coûtons
coûtez
coûtent
Past Imperfect Imparfait cost
coûtais
coûtais
coûtait
coûtions
coûtiez
coûtaient
Simple Past Passé Simple cost
coûtai
coûtas
coûta
coûtâmes
coûtâtes
coûtèrent
Future Futur will cost
coûterai
coûteras
coûtera
coûterons
coûterez
coûteront
Conditional Conditionnel would cost
coûterais
coûterais
coûterait
coûterions
coûteriez
coûteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may cost
coûte
coûtes
coûte
coûtions
coûtiez
coûtent
Compound Tenses coûter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have cost
ai coûté
as coûté
a coûté
avons coûté
avez coûté
ont coûté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had cost
avais coûté
avais coûté
avait coûté
avions coûté
aviez coûté
avaient coûté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have
aurai coûté
auras coûté
aura coûté
aurons coûté
aurez coûté
auront coûté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have cost
aurais coûté
aurais coûté
aurait coûté
aurions coûté
auriez coûté
auraient coûté
Imperative Imperatif cost!
coûte
coûtons
coûtez
Present Indicative Tense conjugations of coûter the French for cost présent de l’indicatif
je coûte - I cost tu coûtes - you cost - (familiar or informal) il, elle, on coûte - he, she, it, one costs nous coûtons - we cost vous coûtez - you cost (formal or plural) ils, elles coûtent - they cost
Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost imparfait de l’indicatif
je coûtais - I cost - I was costing tu coûtais - you cost- (familiar or informal) - you were costing il, elle, on coûtait - he, she, it, one cost - he, she, it, one was costing nous coûtions - we cost - we were costing vous coûtiez - you cost- (formal or plural) - you were costing ils, elles coûtaient - they cost - they were costing
Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost passé simple
je coûtai - I cost tu coûtas - you cost- (familiar or informal) il, elle, on coûta - he, she, it, one cost nous coûtâmes - we cost vous coûtâtes - you cost- (formal or plural) ils, elles coûtèrent they cost (The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).
Future Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost futur
je coûterai - I will cost tu coûteras - you will cost (familiar or informal) il, elle, on coûtera - he, she, it, one will cost nous coûterons - we will cost vous coûterez - you will cost (formal or plural) ils, elles coûteront - they will cost
Conditional Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost conditionnel
je coûterais - I would cost tu coûterais - you would cost (familiar or informal) il, elle, on coûterait - he, she, it, one would cost nous coûterions - we would cost vous coûteriez - you would cost (formal or plural) ils, elles coûteraient - they would cost
Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost présent de subjonctif
que je coûte - that I may cost que tu coûtes - that you may cost(familiar or informal) qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on coûte - that he, she, it, one may cost que nous coûtions - that we may cost que vous coûtiez - that you may cost(formal or plural) qu’ils, qu’elles coûtent - that they may cost
The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb coûter - the verb ‘to cost’ in French
Past Participle of coûter is: coûté -cost.
Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to construction of compound verbs in French.
I have cost
you had cost
he will have cost
we would have cost
Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of coûter - French for cost passé composé
Here’s the French for cost conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense. j’ai coûté - I have cost or I did cost or - I cost tu as coûté - you have cost or you did cost - (familiar or informal) or - you cost il, elle, on a coûté - he, she, it, one has cost or did cost - he, she, it cost nous avons coûté - we have cost or we did cost - we cost vous avez coûté - you have cost or you did cost (formal or plural) or - or we cost ils, elles ont coûté - they have cost or they did cost - they cost
Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of coûter - cost in French plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif
Here’s the French for -cost conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense. j’avais coûté - I had cost tu avais coûté - you had cost- (familiar or informal) il, elle, on avait coûté - he, she, it, one had cost nous avions coûté - we had cost vous aviez coûté - you had cost (formal or plural) ils, elles avaient coûté - they had cost
Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost futur antérieur
j’aurai coûté - I will have tu auras coûté - you will have - (familiar or informal) il, elle, on aura coûté - he, she, it, one will have nous aurons coûté - we will have vous aurez coûté - you will have - (formal or plural) ils, elles auront coûté - they will have
Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost conditionnel passé
j’aurais coûté - I would have cost tu aurais coûté - you would have cost- (familiar or informal) il, elle, on aurait coûté - he, she, it, one would have cost nous aurions coûté - we would have cost vous auriez coûté - you would have cost- (formal or plural) ils, elles auraient coûté - they would have cost
Imperative Tense conjugations of coûter, the French for cost impératif
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