Learn the Conjugations of Pluerer (to Cry) in French

The French verb  pluerer  means to cry. When you want to say he is crying in the present tense or we cried in the past tense, the verb must be conjugated. A quick lesson will introduce you to the simplest forms of  pluerer, which you can study and memorize for use in your conversations. The Basic Conjugations of  Pleurer French verb conjugations may not be most French students favorite things to learn, but when you have a verb like pleurer, it is just a little easier. Thats because this is a regular -er verb, meaning it uses a very common conjugation pattern. If you have studied other verbs such as  quitter  (to leave) or  prà ©parer  (to prepare), you can use what you learned for those and apply it here. The key is to find the verb stem (or radical), which is  pleur-. To that, you will add different endings to form each conjugation. The endings you need are found in the chart. All you have to do is pair the appropriate subject pronoun to the tense of your subject. For example, I am crying is  je pleure  and we cried is  nous pleurions. Present Future Imperfect je pleure pleurerai pleurais tu pleures pleureras pleurais il pleure pleurera pleurait nous pleurons pleurerons pleurions vous pleurez pleurerez pleuriez ils pleurent pleureront pleuraient The Present Participle of  Pleurer As with most regular verbs, the  present participle  of  pleurer  is formed with an -ant  ending. This forms the word  pleurant. Pleurer  in the Compound Past Tense The  passà © composà ©Ã‚  is a compound past tense that is very common in French. To form it, you will need to conjugate avoir  (an auxiliary verb) into the present tense. The past tense is implied by the  past participle  pleurà ©, which is attached to the end. For example, I cried is  jai pleurà ©Ã‚  and we cried is  nous avons pleurà ©. More Simple Conjugations of  Pleurer Among the other simple conjugations you may need are the subjunctive and the conditional. The former draws into question the act of crying. The latter says that someone will only cry if something else happens. If you read or write much French, you may also need  the passà © simple  and  the imperfect subjunctive. These are literary tenses and most often used in formal writing. Subjunctive Conditional Passà © Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je pleure pleurerais pleurai pleurasse tu pleures pleurerais pleuras pleurasses il pleure pleurerait pleura pleurà ¢t nous pleurions pleurerions pleurà ¢mes pleurassions vous pleuriez pleureriez pleurà ¢tes pleurassiez ils pleurent pleureraient pleurà ¨rent pleurassent When you want to say Cry! in French, or some other short, really direct phrase, use  the imperative form.  All formality is lost here, so theres no need to include the subject pronoun. Simply say, Pleure! Imperative (tu) pleure (nous) pleurons (vous) pleurez