French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | fris | n/a | frirai | frirais | n/a | n/a | ||
| tu | fris | friras | frirais | |||||
| il | frit | frira | frirait | |||||
| nous | n/a | frirons | fririons | |||||
| vous | n/a | frirez | fririez | |||||
| ils | n/a | friront | friraient | |||||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai frit | avais frit | aurai frit | aurais frit | aie frit | eusse frit | ||
| tu | as frit | avais frit | auras frit | aurais frit | aies frit | eusses frit | ||
| il | a frit | avait frit | aura frit | aurait frit | ait frit | eût frit | ||
| nous | avons frit | avions frit | aurons frit | aurions frit | ayons frit | eussions frit | ||
| vous | avez frit | aviez frit | aurez frit | auriez frit | ayez frit | eussiez frit | ||
| ils | ont frit | avaient frit | auront frit | auraient frit | aient frit | eussent frit | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | n/a | eus frit | (tu) | suffis | Present | n/a | ||
| tu | eus frit | (nous) | n/a | Past | frit | |||
| il | eut frit | (vous) | n/a | Perfect | ayant frit | |||
| nous | eûmes frit | Past imperative | ||||||
| vous | eûtes frit | (tu) | aie frit | Past infinitive | ||||
| ils | eurent frit | (nous) | ayons frit | avoir frit | ||||
| (vous) | ayez frit | |||||||
Frire is a defective, irregular -re verb.
Though future and conditional forms exist for frire, they are rare. For these as well as for the conjugations that don’t exist, the appropriate conjugation of faire frire may be used instead (when used transitively).


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