écrier — French conjugation

to shout

Frequency#323Regular

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
jeécrieI shout
tuécriesyou shout
il/elleécriehe/she/it shouts
nousécrionswe shout
vousécriezyou (pl.) shout
ils/ellesécrientthey shout

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
jeécriaiI shouted
tuécriasyou shouted
il/elleécriahe/she/it shouted
nousécriâmeswe shouted
vousécriâtesyou (pl.) shouted
ils/ellesécrièrentthey shouted

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
jeécriais
tuécriais
il/elleécriait
nousécriions
vousécriiez
ils/ellesécriaient

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
jeécrieraisI would shout
tuécrieraisyou would shout
il/elleécrieraithe/she/it would shout
nousécrierionswe would shout
vousécrieriezyou (pl.) would shout
ils/ellesécrieraientthey would shout

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
jeécrieraiI will shout
tuécrierasyou will shout
il/elleécrierahe/she/it will shout
nousécrieronswe will shout
vousécrierezyou (pl.) will shout
ils/ellesécrierontthey will shout

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 écriéI have shouted
tutu as écriéyou have shouted
il/elleil/elle a écriéhe/she/it has shouted
nousnous avons écriéwe have shouted
vousvous avez écriéyou (pl.) have shouted
ils/ellesils/elles ont écriéthey have shouted

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 écriéI had shouted
tutu avais écriéyou had shouted
il/elleil/elle avait écriéhe/she/it had shouted
nousnous avions écriéwe had shouted
vousvous aviez écriéyou (pl.) had shouted
ils/ellesils/elles avaient écriéthey had shouted

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 écrié
tutu aurais écrié
il/elleil/elle aurait écrié
nousnous aurions écrié
vousvous auriez écrié
ils/ellesils/elles auraient écrié

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 écriéI will have shouted
tutu auras écriéyou will have shouted
il/elleil/elle aura écriéhe/she/it will have shouted
nousnous aurons écriéwe will have shouted
vousvous aurez écriéyou (pl.) will have shouted
ils/ellesils/elles auront écriéthey will have shouted

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
jeécrie
tuécries
il/elleécrie
nousécriions
vousécriiez
ils/ellesécrient

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
jeécriasse
tuécriasses
il/elleécriât
nousécriassions
vousécriassiez
ils/ellesécriassent

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
tuécrie
nousécrions
vousécriez