curer — French conjugation

to cure

Frequency#530Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jecureI cure
tucuresyou cure
il/ellecurehe/she/it cures
nouscuronswe cure
vouscurezyou (pl.) cure
ils/ellescurentthey cure

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jecuraiI cured
tucurasyou cured
il/ellecurahe/she/it cured
nouscurâmeswe cured
vouscurâtesyou (pl.) cured
ils/ellescurèrentthey cured

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jecurais
tucurais
il/ellecurait
nouscurions
vouscuriez
ils/ellescuraient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jecureraisI would cure
tucureraisyou would cure
il/ellecureraithe/she/it would cure
nouscurerionswe would cure
vouscureriezyou (pl.) would cure
ils/ellescureraientthey would cure

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jecureraiI will cure
tucurerasyou will cure
il/ellecurerahe/she/it will cure
nouscureronswe will cure
vouscurerezyou (pl.) will cure
ils/ellescurerontthey will cure

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai curéI have cured
tutu as curéyou have cured
il/elleil/elle a curéhe/she/it has cured
nousnous avons curéwe have cured
vousvous avez curéyou (pl.) have cured
ils/ellesils/elles ont curéthey have cured

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais curéI had cured
tutu avais curéyou had cured
il/elleil/elle avait curéhe/she/it had cured
nousnous avions curéwe had cured
vousvous aviez curéyou (pl.) had cured
ils/ellesils/elles avaient curéthey had cured

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais curé
tutu aurais curé
il/elleil/elle aurait curé
nousnous aurions curé
vousvous auriez curé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient curé

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai curéI will have cured
tutu auras curéyou will have cured
il/elleil/elle aura curéhe/she/it will have cured
nousnous aurons curéwe will have cured
vousvous aurez curéyou (pl.) will have cured
ils/ellesils/elles auront curéthey will have cured

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jecure
tucures
il/ellecure
nouscurions
vouscuriez
ils/ellescurent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jecurasse
tucurasses
il/ellecurât
nouscurassions
vouscurassiez
ils/ellescurassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tucure
nouscurons
vouscurez