The French for dare is the verb oser

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French for dare is the regular ER verb oser, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb oser - French for dare

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of oser, which is French for dare.

• I dare.
• you dared.
• he will dare.
• we would dare.
• they may dare.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for oser, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE oser
Simple Tenses oser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent dare	ose	oses	ose	osons	osez	osent
Past Imperfect Imparfait dared	osais	osais	osait	osions	osiez	osaient
Simple Past Passé Simple dared	osai	osas	osa	osâmes	osâtes	osèrent
Future Futur will dare	oserai	oseras	osera	oserons	oserez	oseront
Conditional Conditionnel would dare	oserais	oserais	oserait	oserions	oseriez	oseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may dare	ose	oses	ose	osions	osiez	osent
Compound Tenses oser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have dared	ai osé	as osé	a osé	avons osé	avez osé	ont osé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had dared	avais osé	avais osé	avait osé	avions osé	aviez osé	avaient osé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai osé	auras osé	aura osé	aurons osé	aurez osé	auront osé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have dared	aurais osé	aurais osé	aurait osé	aurions osé	auriez osé	auraient osé
Imperative Imperatif dare!		ose		osons	osez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of oser the French for dare
présent de l’indicatif

j’ose
- I dare
tu oses
- you dare - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ose
- he, she, it, one dares
nous osons
- we dare
vous osez
- you dare (formal or plural)
ils, elles osent
- they dare

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’osais
- I dared
- I was daring
tu osais
- you dared- (familiar or informal)
- you were daring
il, elle, on osait
- he, she, it, one dared
- he, she, it, one was daring
nous osions
- we dared
- we were daring
vous osiez
- you dared- (formal or plural)
- you were daring
ils, elles osaient
- they dared
- they were daring

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
passé simple

j’osai
- I dared
tu osas
- you dared- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on osa
- he, she, it, one dared
nous osâmes
- we dared
vous osâtes
- you dared- (formal or plural)
ils, elles osèrent
they dared
(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 oser, the French for dare
futur

j’oserai
- I will dare
tu oseras
- you will dare (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on osera
- he, she, it, one will dare
nous oserons
- we will dare
vous oserez
- you will dare (formal or plural)
ils, elles oseront
- they will dare

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Conditional Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
conditionnel

j’oserais
- I would dare
tu oserais
- you would dare (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on oserait
- he, she, it, one would dare
nous oserions
- we would dare
vous oseriez
- you would dare (formal or plural)
ils, elles oseraient
- they would dare

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
présent de subjonctif

que j’ose
- that I may dare
que tu oses
- that you may dare(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on ose
- that he, she, it, one may dare
que nous osions
- that we may dare
que vous osiez
- that you may dare(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles osent
- that they may dare

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb oser - the verb ‘to dare’ in French

Past Participle of oser is:
osé -dared.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of oser - French for dare
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dare
impératif

ose
- dare!
osons
- let’s dare!
osez
- dare!

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Present Participle of oser

osant - daring

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like oser the French for dare

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