laurer — French conjugation

to award

Frequency#1033Regular

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
jelaureI award
tulauresyou award
il/ellelaurehe/she/it awards
nouslauronswe award
vouslaurezyou (pl.) award
ils/elleslaurentthey award

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
jelauraiI awarded
tulaurasyou awarded
il/ellelaurahe/she/it awarded
nouslaurâmeswe awarded
vouslaurâtesyou (pl.) awarded
ils/elleslaurèrentthey awarded

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
jelaurais
tulaurais
il/ellelaurait
nouslaurions
vouslauriez
ils/elleslauraient

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
jelaureraisI would award
tulaureraisyou would award
il/ellelaureraithe/she/it would award
nouslaurerionswe would award
vouslaureriezyou (pl.) would award
ils/elleslaureraientthey would award

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
jelaureraiI will award
tulaurerasyou will award
il/ellelaurerahe/she/it will award
nouslaureronswe will award
vouslaurerezyou (pl.) will award
ils/elleslaurerontthey will award

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 lauréI have awarded
tutu as lauréyou have awarded
il/elleil/elle a lauréhe/she/it has awarded
nousnous avons lauréwe have awarded
vousvous avez lauréyou (pl.) have awarded
ils/ellesils/elles ont lauréthey have awarded

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 lauréI had awarded
tutu avais lauréyou had awarded
il/elleil/elle avait lauréhe/she/it had awarded
nousnous avions lauréwe had awarded
vousvous aviez lauréyou (pl.) had awarded
ils/ellesils/elles avaient lauréthey had awarded

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

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 lauréI will have awarded
tutu auras lauréyou will have awarded
il/elleil/elle aura lauréhe/she/it will have awarded
nousnous aurons lauréwe will have awarded
vousvous aurez lauréyou (pl.) will have awarded
ils/ellesils/elles auront lauréthey will have awarded

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
jelaure
tulaures
il/ellelaure
nouslaurions
vouslauriez
ils/elleslaurent

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
jelaurasse
tulaurasses
il/ellelaurât
nouslaurassions
vouslaurassiez
ils/elleslaurassent

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
tulaure
nouslaurons
vouslaurez