French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | clos | n/a | clorai | clorais | close | n/a | ||
| tu | clos | cloras | clorais | closes | ||||
| il | clôt | clora | clorait | clos | ||||
| nous | clorons | clorions | closions | |||||
| vous | clorez | cloriez | closiez | |||||
| ils | closent | cloront | cloraient | closent | ||||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai clos | avais clos | aurai clos | aurais clos | aie clos | eusse clos | ||
| tu | as clos | avais clos | auras clos | aurais clos | aies clos | eusses clos | ||
| il | a clos | avait clos | aura clos | aurait clos | ait clos | eût clos | ||
| nous | avons clos | avions clos | aurons clos | aurions clos | ayons clos | eussions clos | ||
| vous | avez clos | aviez clos | aurez clos | auriez clos | ayez clos | eussiez clos | ||
| ils | ont clos | avaient clos | auront clos | auraient clos | aient clos | eussent clos | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | n/a | eus clos | (tu) | clos | Present | closant | ||
| tu | eus clos | (nous) | Past | clos | ||||
| il | eut clos | (vous) | Perfect | ayant clos | ||||
| nous | eûmes clos | Past imperative | ||||||
| vous | eûtes clos | (tu) | aie clos | Past infinitive | ||||
| ils | eurent clos | (nous) | ayons clos | avoir clos | ||||
| (vous) | ayez clos | |||||||
Clore is an irregular -re verb.




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