fourrer — French conjugation

to shove; to stick; to stuff

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
jefourreI shove
tufourresyou shove
il/ellefourrehe/she/it shoves
nousfourronswe shove
vousfourrezyou (pl.) shove
ils/ellesfourrentthey shove

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
jefourraiI shoved
tufourrasyou shoved
il/ellefourrahe/she/it shoved
nousfourrâmeswe shoved
vousfourrâtesyou (pl.) shoved
ils/ellesfourrèrentthey shoved

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
jefourrais
tufourrais
il/ellefourrait
nousfourrions
vousfourriez
ils/ellesfourraient

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
jefourreraisI would shove
tufourreraisyou would shove
il/ellefourreraithe/she/it would shove
nousfourrerionswe would shove
vousfourreriezyou (pl.) would shove
ils/ellesfourreraientthey would shove

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
jefourreraiI will shove
tufourrerasyou will shove
il/ellefourrerahe/she/it will shove
nousfourreronswe will shove
vousfourrerezyou (pl.) will shove
ils/ellesfourrerontthey will shove

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 fourréI have shoved
tutu as fourréyou have shoved
il/elleil/elle a fourréhe/she/it has shoved
nousnous avons fourréwe have shoved
vousvous avez fourréyou (pl.) have shoved
ils/ellesils/elles ont fourréthey have shoved

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 fourréI had shoved
tutu avais fourréyou had shoved
il/elleil/elle avait fourréhe/she/it had shoved
nousnous avions fourréwe had shoved
vousvous aviez fourréyou (pl.) had shoved
ils/ellesils/elles avaient fourréthey had shoved

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

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 fourréI will have shoved
tutu auras fourréyou will have shoved
il/elleil/elle aura fourréhe/she/it will have shoved
nousnous aurons fourréwe will have shoved
vousvous aurez fourréyou (pl.) will have shoved
ils/ellesils/elles auront fourréthey will have shoved

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
jefourre
tufourres
il/ellefourre
nousfourrions
vousfourriez
ils/ellesfourrent

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
jefourrasse
tufourrasses
il/ellefourrât
nousfourrassions
vousfourrassiez
ils/ellesfourrassent

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
tufourre
nousfourrons
vousfourrez