French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | crève | crevais | crèverai | crèverais | crève | crevasse | ||
| tu | crèves | crevais | crèveras | crèverais | crèves | crevasses | ||
| il | crève | crevait | crèvera | crèverait | crève | crevât | ||
| nous | crevons | crevions | crèverons | crèverions | crevions | crevassions | ||
| vous | crevez | creviez | crèverez | crèveriez | creviez | crevassiez | ||
| ils | crèvent | crevaient | crèveront | crèveraient | crèvent | crevassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai crevé | avais crevé | aurai crevé | aurais crevé | aie crevé | eusse crevé | ||
| tu | as crevé | avais crevé | auras crevé | aurais crevé | aies crevé | eusses crevé | ||
| il | a crevé | avait crevé | aura crevé | aurait crevé | ait crevé | eût crevé | ||
| nous | avons crevé | avions crevé | aurons crevé | aurions crevé | ayons crevé | eussions crevé | ||
| vous | avez crevé | aviez crevé | aurez crevé | auriez crevé | ayez crevé | eussiez crevé | ||
| ils | ont crevé | avaient crevé | auront crevé | auraient crevé | aient crevé | eussent crevé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | crevai | eus crevé | (tu) | crève | Present | crevant | ||
| tu | crevas | eus crevé | (nous) | crevons | Past | crevé | ||
| il | creva | eut crevé | (vous) | crevez | Perfect | ayant crevé | ||
| nous | crevâmes | eûmes crevé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | crevâtes | eûtes crevé | (tu) | aie crevé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | crevèrent | eurent crevé | (nous) | ayons crevé | avoir crevé | |||
| (vous) | ayez crevé | |||||||
Crever is a stem-changing verb (e to è).

The passé composé is the most important French past tense, and just to make things interesting, it has three possible English equivalents.


The mountain of French verb conjugations you have to learn can be overwhelming – even just in the classroom where you have plenty of time to think about the correct response. Once you start talking to people in the real world, trying to figure out the appropriate verb conjugation can leave you speechless – literally. So what’s the solution? Learn, then practice, practice, practice!
Inverting subjects and verbs is easy enough – vous voyez => voyez-vous, but where do object, adverbial, and reflexive pronouns go? And what about negation? Take a look at this lesson to learn about all the possibilities.