The French for stink is the verb puer

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

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So, if you want to know how to say stink in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb puer - French for stink

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of puer, which is French for stink.

• I stink.
• you stunk.
• he will stink.
• we would stink.
• they may stink.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE puer
Simple Tenses puer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent stink	pue	pues	pue	puons	puez	puent
Past Imperfect Imparfait stunk	puais	puais	puait	puions	puiez	puaient
Simple Past Passé Simple stunk	puai	puas	pua	puâmes	puâtes	puèrent
Future Futur will stink	puerai	pueras	puera	puerons	puerez	pueront
Conditional Conditionnel would stink	puerais	puerais	puerait	puerions	pueriez	pueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may stink	pue	pues	pue	puions	puiez	puent
Compound Tenses puer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have stunk	ai pué	as pué	a pué	avons pué	avez pué	ont pué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had stunk	avais pué	avais pué	avait pué	avions pué	aviez pué	avaient pué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai pué	auras pué	aura pué	aurons pué	aurez pué	auront pué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have stunk	aurais pué	aurais pué	aurait pué	aurions pué	auriez pué	auraient pué
Imperative Imperatif stink!		pue		puons	puez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of puer the French for stink
présent de l’indicatif

je pue
- I stink
tu pues
- you stink - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pue
- he, she, it, one stinks
nous puons
- we stink
vous puez
- you stink (formal or plural)
ils, elles puent
- they stink

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
imparfait de l’indicatif

je puais
- I stunk
- I was stinking
tu puais
- you stunk- (familiar or informal)
- you were stinking
il, elle, on puait
- he, she, it, one stunk
- he, she, it, one was stinking
nous puions
- we stunk
- we were stinking
vous puiez
- you stunk- (formal or plural)
- you were stinking
ils, elles puaient
- they stunk
- they were stinking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
passé simple

je puai
- I stunk
tu puas
- you stunk- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pua
- he, she, it, one stunk
nous puâmes
- we stunk
vous puâtes
- you stunk- (formal or plural)
ils, elles puèrent
they stunk
(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 puer, the French for stink
futur

je puerai
- I will stink
tu pueras
- you will stink (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on puera
- he, she, it, one will stink
nous puerons
- we will stink
vous puerez
- you will stink (formal or plural)
ils, elles pueront
- they will stink

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Conditional Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
conditionnel

je puerais
- I would stink
tu puerais
- you would stink (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on puerait
- he, she, it, one would stink
nous puerions
- we would stink
vous pueriez
- you would stink (formal or plural)
ils, elles pueraient
- they would stink

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
présent de subjonctif

que je pue
- that I may stink
que tu pues
- that you may stink(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on pue
- that he, she, it, one may stink
que nous puions
- that we may stink
que vous puiez
- that you may stink(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles puent
- that they may stink

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb puer - the verb ‘to stink’ in French

Past Participle of puer is:
pué -stunk.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of puer - French for stink
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of puer, the French for stink
impératif

pue
- stink!
puons
- let’s stink!
puez
- stink!

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Present Participle of puer

puant - stinking

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