Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to swear.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jure | I swear | |
| tu | jures | you swear | |
| il / elle / on | jure | he / she / it swearson: we swear / one swears | |
| nous | jurons | we swear | |
| vous | jurez | you swear | |
| ils / elles | jurent | they swear |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul jure de dire la vérité.
Paul swears to tell the truth.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai juré | I swore | |
| tu | as juré | you swore | |
| il / elle / on | a juré | he / she / it sworeon: we swore / one swore | |
| nous | avons juré | we swore | |
| vous | avez juré | you swore | |
| ils / elles | ont juré | they swore |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a juré de dire la vérité.
Yesterday, Paul swore to tell the truth.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jurais | I used to swear | |
| tu | jurais | you used to swear | |
| il / elle / on | jurait | he / she / it used to swearon: we used to swear / one used to swear | |
| nous | jurions | we used to swear | |
| vous | juriez | you used to swear | |
| ils / elles | juraient | they used to swear |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul jurait de dire la vérité.
Back then, Paul used to swear to tell the truth.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jurerai | I will swear | |
| tu | jureras | you will swear | |
| il / elle / on | jurera | he / she / it will swearon: we will swear / one will swear | |
| nous | jurerons | we will swear | |
| vous | jurerez | you will swear | |
| ils / elles | jureront | they will swear |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul jurera de dire la vérité.
Later, Paul will swear to tell the truth.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jurerais | I would swear | |
| tu | jurerais | you would swear | |
| il / elle / on | jurerait | he / she / it would swearon: we would swear / one would swear | |
| nous | jurerions | we would swear | |
| vous | jureriez | you would swear | |
| ils / elles | jureraient | they would swear |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul jurerait de dire la vérité.
Paul would swear to tell the truth.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jure | (that) I swear | |
| tu | jures | (that) you swear | |
| il / elle / on | jure | (that) he / she / it swearson: (that) we swear / one swears | |
| nous | jurions | (that) we swear | |
| vous | juriez | (that) you swear | |
| ils / elles | jurent | (that) they swear |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul jure de dire la vérité.
It is possible that Paul swears to tell the truth.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to swear (to promise by oath)
- to swear (to say a swear word)
- to clash with, to be jarring, to stick out like a sore thumb
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations