Valoir – to be worth

French Verb Conjugations

	Present	Imperfect	Future		Conditional	Subjunctive		Imperfect subj.
je	vaux	valais	vaudrai		vaudrais	vaille		valusse
tu	vaux	valais	vaudras		vaudrais	vailles		valusses
il	vaut	valait	vaudra		vaudrait	vaille		valût
nous	valons	valions	vaudrons		vaudrions	valions		valussions
vous	valez	valiez	vaudrez		vaudriez	valiez		valussiez
ils	valent	valaient	vaudront		vaudraient	vaillent		valussent
	Passé composé	Past perfect	Future perfect		Past conditional	Past subjunctive		Pluperfect subj.
j’	ai valu	avais valu	aurai valu		aurais valu	aie valu		eusse valu
tu	as valu	avais valu	auras valu		aurais valu	aies valu		eusses valu
il	a valu	avait valu	aura valu		aurait valu	ait valu		eût valu
nous	avons valu	avions valu	aurons valu		aurions valu	ayons valu		eussions valu
vous	avez valu	aviez valu	aurez valu		auriez valu	ayez valu		eussiez valu
ils	ont valu	avaient valu	auront valu		auraient valu	aient valu		eussent valu
	Passé simple	Past anterior		Imperative		Participles
je / j’	valus	eus valu		(tu)	vaux		Present	valant
tu	valus	eus valu		(nous)	valons		Past	valu
il	valut	eut valu		(vous)	valez		Perfect	ayant valu
nous	valûmes	eûmes valu		Past imperative
vous	valûtes	eûtes valu		(tu)	aie valu	Past infinitive
ils	valurent	eurent valu		(nous)	ayons valu		avoir valu
				(vous)	ayez valu

  Valoir is an irregular -ir verb and is usually used impersonally.

Valoir in action

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