Conjugation

Pleuvoir

to rain

3rd group, irregular verb, auxiliary avoir, past participle plu.

Newbie

Enough to talk about the present, the past, and the future.

  1. Présent

    What is happening now, habits, and general truths.

    1. il pleut

  2. Passé composé

    The everyday past for a finished action.

    1. il a plu

  3. Futur proche

    The spoken future for plans and near events.

    1. il va pleuvoir
BeginnerTo tell a story, describe the past, make plans, and ask politely.Imparfait · Passé récent · Futur simple · Conditionnel présentAlso show the 4 Beginner tenses

  1. Imparfait

    Past habits, descriptions, and ongoing background.

    1. il pleuvait

  2. Passé récent

    Something that has just happened: venir de plus the infinitive.

    1. il vient de pleuvoir

  3. Futur simple

    What will happen later, including promises and predictions.

    1. il pleuvra

  4. Conditionnel présent

    Polite requests, wishes, and hypotheses: “would …”.

    1. il pleuvrait
IntermediateTo add nuance: wishes, doubts, regrets, and the order of events.Plus-que-parfait · Futur antérieur · Conditionnel passé · Subjonctif présent · Subjonctif passéAlso show the 5 Intermediate tenses

  1. Plus-que-parfait

    A past action completed before another past action.

    1. il avait plu

  2. Futur antérieur

    An action finished before a future moment: “will have …”.

    1. il aura plu

  3. Conditionnel passé

    Regrets and hypotheses that never happened: “would have …”.

    1. il aurait plu

  4. Subjonctif présent

    After necessity, wishes, emotion, doubt, or conjunctions like bien que.

    1. qu’il pleuve

  5. Subjonctif passé

    Subjunctive for an action already completed.

    1. qu’il ait plu
AdvancedThe tenses of written French, mostly to recognize when reading.Passé simple · Passé antérieur · Subjonctif imparfait · Plus-que-parfait du subjonctif · Conditionnel passé 2ᵉ formeAlso show the 5 Advanced tenses

  1. Passé simple

    The written narrative past: novels, history, and fairy tales.

    1. il plut

  2. Passé antérieur

    A literary action completed immediately before another past action.

    1. il eut plu

  3. Subjonctif imparfait

    Literary subjunctive used inside past-tense narration.

    1. qu’il plût

  4. Plus-que-parfait du subjonctif

    Literary subjunctive for an action completed before another.

    1. qu’il eût plu

  5. Conditionnel passé 2ᵉ forme

    Literary variant of the past conditional, matching the pluperfect subjunctive.

    1. il eût plu