French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | coudoie | coudoyais | coudoierai | coudoierais | coudoie | coudoyasse | ||
| tu | coudoies | coudoyais | coudoieras | coudoierais | coudoies | coudoyasses | ||
| il | coudoie | coudoyait | coudoiera | coudoierait | coudoie | coudoyât | ||
| nous | coudoyons | coudoyions | coudoierons | coudoierions | coudoyions | coudoyassions | ||
| vous | coudoyez | coudoyiez | coudoierez | coudoieriez | coudoyiez | coudoyassiez | ||
| ils | coudoient | coudoyaient | coudoieront | coudoieraient | coudoient | coudoyassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai coudoyé | avais coudoyé | aurai coudoyé | aurais coudoyé | aie coudoyé | eusse coudoyé | ||
| tu | as coudoyé | avais coudoyé | auras coudoyé | aurais coudoyé | aies coudoyé | eusses coudoyé | ||
| il | a coudoyé | avait coudoyé | aura coudoyé | aurait coudoyé | ait coudoyé | eût coudoyé | ||
| nous | avons coudoyé | avions coudoyé | aurons coudoyé | aurions coudoyé | ayons coudoyé | eussions coudoyé | ||
| vous | avez coudoyé | aviez coudoyé | aurez coudoyé | auriez coudoyé | ayez coudoyé | eussiez coudoyé | ||
| ils | ont coudoyé | avaient coudoyé | auront coudoyé | auraient coudoyé | aient coudoyé | eussent coudoyé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | coudoyai | eus coudoyé | (tu) | coudoie | Present | coudoyant | ||
| tu | coudoyas | eus coudoyé | (nous) | coudoyons | Past | coudoyé | ||
| il | coudoya | eut coudoyé | (vous) | coudoyez | Perfect | ayant coudoyé | ||
| nous | coudoyâmes | eûmes coudoyé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | coudoyâtes | eûtes coudoyé | (tu) | aie coudoyé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | coudoyèrent | eurent coudoyé | (nous) | ayons coudoyé | avoir coudoyé | |||
| (vous) | ayez coudoyé | |||||||
Coudoyer is a stem-changing verb (y to i).




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