outrer — French conjugation

to exaggerate

Frequency#389Regular

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
jeoutreI exaggerate
tuoutresyou exaggerate
il/elleoutrehe/she/it exaggerates
nousoutronswe exaggerate
vousoutrezyou (pl.) exaggerate
ils/ellesoutrentthey exaggerate

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
jeoutraiI exaggerated
tuoutrasyou exaggerated
il/elleoutrahe/she/it exaggerated
nousoutrâmeswe exaggerated
vousoutrâtesyou (pl.) exaggerated
ils/ellesoutrèrentthey exaggerated

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
jeoutrais
tuoutrais
il/elleoutrait
nousoutrions
vousoutriez
ils/ellesoutraient

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
jeoutreraisI would exaggerate
tuoutreraisyou would exaggerate
il/elleoutreraithe/she/it would exaggerate
nousoutrerionswe would exaggerate
vousoutreriezyou (pl.) would exaggerate
ils/ellesoutreraientthey would exaggerate

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
jeoutreraiI will exaggerate
tuoutrerasyou will exaggerate
il/elleoutrerahe/she/it will exaggerate
nousoutreronswe will exaggerate
vousoutrerezyou (pl.) will exaggerate
ils/ellesoutrerontthey will exaggerate

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 outréI have exaggerated
tutu as outréyou have exaggerated
il/elleil/elle a outréhe/she/it has exaggerated
nousnous avons outréwe have exaggerated
vousvous avez outréyou (pl.) have exaggerated
ils/ellesils/elles ont outréthey have exaggerated

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 outréI had exaggerated
tutu avais outréyou had exaggerated
il/elleil/elle avait outréhe/she/it had exaggerated
nousnous avions outréwe had exaggerated
vousvous aviez outréyou (pl.) had exaggerated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient outréthey had exaggerated

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

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 outréI will have exaggerated
tutu auras outréyou will have exaggerated
il/elleil/elle aura outréhe/she/it will have exaggerated
nousnous aurons outréwe will have exaggerated
vousvous aurez outréyou (pl.) will have exaggerated
ils/ellesils/elles auront outréthey will have exaggerated

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
jeoutre
tuoutres
il/elleoutre
nousoutrions
vousoutriez
ils/ellesoutrent

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
jeoutrasse
tuoutrasses
il/elleoutrât
nousoutrassions
vousoutrassiez
ils/ellesoutrassent

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
tuoutre
nousoutrons
vousoutrez