Conjugations of the French Verb Couvrir: to Cover

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Updated on February 28, 2020

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present participle
je	couvre	couvrirai	couvrais	couvrant
tu	couvres	couvriras	couvrais
il	couvre	couvrira	couvrait
nous	couvrons	couvrirons	couvrions
vous	couvrez	couvrirez	couvriez
ils	couvrent	couvriont	couvraient

Passé composé
Auxiliary verb	avoir
Past participle	couvert

	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
je	couvre	couvrirais	couvris	couvrisse
tu	couvres	couvrirais	couvris	couvrisses
il	couvre	couvrirait	couvrit	couvrit
nous	couvrions	couvririons	couvrimes	couvrissions
vous	couvriez	couvririez	couvrites	couvrissiez
ils	couvrent	couvriraient	couvrirent	couvrissent

	Imperative
tu	couvre
nous	couvrons
vous	couvrez

Verb conjugation pattern Couvrir is an irregular verb
All French verbs that end in -frir or -vrir are conjugated this way.

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