The French for cry is the verb pleurer

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French for cry is the regular ER verb pleurer, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb pleurer - French for cry

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of pleurer, which is French for cry.

• I cry.
• you cried.
• he will cry.
• we would cry.
• they may cry.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for pleurer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE pleurer
Simple Tenses pleurer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent cry	pleure	pleures	pleure	pleurons	pleurez	pleurent
Past Imperfect Imparfait cried	pleurais	pleurais	pleurait	pleurions	pleuriez	pleuraient
Simple Past Passé Simple cried	pleurai	pleuras	pleura	pleurâmes	pleurâtes	pleurèrent
Future Futur will cry	pleurerai	pleureras	pleurera	pleurerons	pleurerez	pleureront
Conditional Conditionnel would cry	pleurerais	pleurerais	pleurerait	pleurerions	pleureriez	pleureraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may cry	pleure	pleures	pleure	pleurions	pleuriez	pleurent
Compound Tenses pleurer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have cried	ai pleuré	as pleuré	a pleuré	avons pleuré	avez pleuré	ont pleuré
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had cried	avais pleuré	avais pleuré	avait pleuré	avions pleuré	aviez pleuré	avaient pleuré
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai pleuré	auras pleuré	aura pleuré	aurons pleuré	aurez pleuré	auront pleuré
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have cried	aurais pleuré	aurais pleuré	aurait pleuré	aurions pleuré	auriez pleuré	auraient pleuré
Imperative Imperatif cry!		pleure		pleurons	pleurez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of pleurer the French for cry
présent de l’indicatif

je pleure
- I cry
tu pleures
- you cry - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pleure
- he, she, it, one cries
nous pleurons
- we cry
vous pleurez
- you cry (formal or plural)
ils, elles pleurent
- they cry

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
imparfait de l’indicatif

je pleurais
- I cried
- I was crying
tu pleurais
- you cried- (familiar or informal)
- you were crying
il, elle, on pleurait
- he, she, it, one cried
- he, she, it, one was crying
nous pleurions
- we cried
- we were crying
vous pleuriez
- you cried- (formal or plural)
- you were crying
ils, elles pleuraient
- they cried
- they were crying

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
passé simple

je pleurai
- I cried
tu pleuras
- you cried- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pleura
- he, she, it, one cried
nous pleurâmes
- we cried
vous pleurâtes
- you cried- (formal or plural)
ils, elles pleurèrent
they cried
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
futur

je pleurerai
- I will cry
tu pleureras
- you will cry (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pleurera
- he, she, it, one will cry
nous pleurerons
- we will cry
vous pleurerez
- you will cry (formal or plural)
ils, elles pleureront
- they will cry

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Conditional Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
conditionnel

je pleurerais
- I would cry
tu pleurerais
- you would cry (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pleurerait
- he, she, it, one would cry
nous pleurerions
- we would cry
vous pleureriez
- you would cry (formal or plural)
ils, elles pleureraient
- they would cry

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
présent de subjonctif

que je pleure
- that I may cry
que tu pleures
- that you may cry(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on pleure
- that he, she, it, one may cry
que nous pleurions
- that we may cry
que vous pleuriez
- that you may cry(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles pleurent
- that they may cry

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb pleurer - the verb ‘to cry’ in French

Past Participle of pleurer is:
pleuré -cried.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have cried
• you had cried
• he will have cried
• we would have cried

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of pleurer - French for cry
passé composé

Here’s the French for cry conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai pleuré
- I have cried or I did cry or
- I cried
tu as pleuré
- you have cried or you did cry - (familiar or informal) or
- you cried
il, elle, on a pleuré
- he, she, it, one has cry or did cry
- he, she, it cried
nous avons pleuré
- we have cried or we did cry
- we cried
vous avez pleuré
- you have cried or you did cry (formal or plural) or
- or we cried
ils, elles ont pleuré
- they have cried or they did cry
- they cried

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of pleurer - cry in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -cry conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais pleuré
- I had cried
tu avais pleuré
- you had cried- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait pleuré
- he, she, it, one had cried
nous avions pleuré
- we had cried
vous aviez pleuré
- you had cried (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient pleuré
- they had cried

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
futur antérieur

j’aurai pleuré
- I will have
tu auras pleuré
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura pleuré
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons pleuré
- we will have
vous aurez pleuré
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront pleuré
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
conditionnel passé

j’aurais pleuré
- I would have cried
tu aurais pleuré
- you would have cried- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait pleuré
- he, she, it, one would have cried
nous aurions pleuré
- we would have cried
vous auriez pleuré
- you would have cried- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient pleuré
- they would have cried

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Imperative Tense conjugations of pleurer, the French for cry
impératif

pleure
- cry!
pleurons
- let’s cry!
pleurez
- cry!

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Present Participle of pleurer

pleurant - crying

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