frire — French conjugation
to fry (to cook in hot fat)
Indicative
Present (Présent) Irregular
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | fris | I fry |
| tu | fris | you fry |
| il/elle | frit | he/she/it fries |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | frirais | I would fry |
| tu | frirais | you would fry |
| il/elle | frirait | he/she/it would fry |
| nous | fririons | we would fry |
| vous | fririez | you (pl.) would fry |
| ils/elles | friraient | they would fry |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | frirai | I will fry |
| tu | friras | you will fry |
| il/elle | frira | he/she/it will fry |
| nous | frirons | we will fry |
| vous | frirez | you (pl.) will fry |
| ils/elles | friront | they will fry |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai frit | I have fried |
| tu | tu as frit | you have fried |
| il/elle | il/elle a frit | he/she/it has fried |
| nous | nous avons frit | we have fried |
| vous | vous avez frit | you (pl.) have fried |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont frit | they have fried |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais frit | I had fried |
| tu | tu avais frit | you had fried |
| il/elle | il/elle avait frit | he/she/it had fried |
| nous | nous avions frit | we had fried |
| vous | vous aviez frit | you (pl.) had fried |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient frit | they had fried |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais frit |
| tu | tu aurais frit |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait frit |
| nous | nous aurions frit |
| vous | vous auriez frit |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient frit |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai frit | I will have fried |
| tu | tu auras frit | you will have fried |
| il/elle | il/elle aura frit | he/she/it will have fried |
| nous | nous aurons frit | we will have fried |
| vous | vous aurez frit | you (pl.) will have fried |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront frit | they will have fried |