uriner — French conjugation

to urinate

Frequency#27Regular

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
jeurineI urinate
tuurinesyou urinate
il/elleurinehe/she/it urinates
nousurinonswe urinate
vousurinezyou (pl.) urinate
ils/ellesurinentthey urinate

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
jeurinaiI urinated
tuurinasyou urinated
il/elleurinahe/she/it urinated
nousurinâmeswe urinated
vousurinâtesyou (pl.) urinated
ils/ellesurinèrentthey urinated

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
jeurinais
tuurinais
il/elleurinait
nousurinions
vousuriniez
ils/ellesurinaient

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
jeurineraisI would urinate
tuurineraisyou would urinate
il/elleurineraithe/she/it would urinate
nousurinerionswe would urinate
vousurineriezyou (pl.) would urinate
ils/ellesurineraientthey would urinate

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
jeurineraiI will urinate
tuurinerasyou will urinate
il/elleurinerahe/she/it will urinate
nousurineronswe will urinate
vousurinerezyou (pl.) will urinate
ils/ellesurinerontthey will urinate

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 urinéI have urinated
tutu as urinéyou have urinated
il/elleil/elle a urinéhe/she/it has urinated
nousnous avons urinéwe have urinated
vousvous avez urinéyou (pl.) have urinated
ils/ellesils/elles ont urinéthey have urinated

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 urinéI had urinated
tutu avais urinéyou had urinated
il/elleil/elle avait urinéhe/she/it had urinated
nousnous avions urinéwe had urinated
vousvous aviez urinéyou (pl.) had urinated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient urinéthey had urinated

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

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 urinéI will have urinated
tutu auras urinéyou will have urinated
il/elleil/elle aura urinéhe/she/it will have urinated
nousnous aurons urinéwe will have urinated
vousvous aurez urinéyou (pl.) will have urinated
ils/ellesils/elles auront urinéthey will have urinated

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
jeurine
tuurines
il/elleurine
nousurinions
vousuriniez
ils/ellesurinent

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
jeurinasse
tuurinasses
il/elleurinât
nousurinassions
vousurinassiez
ils/ellesurinassent

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
tuurine
nousurinons
vousurinez