vouloir

/vulwaʁ/

verb #18 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to want

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeveuxvoulaisvoulusvoudraivoudrais
tuveuxvoulaisvoulusvoudrasvoudrais
il/elleveutvoulaitvoulutvoudravoudrait
nousvoulonsvoulionsvoulûmesvoudronsvoudrions
vousvoulezvouliezvoulûtesvoudrezvoudriez
ils/ellesveulentvoulaientvoulurentvoudrontvoudraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeveuillevoulusse
tuveuillesvoulusses
il/elleveuillevoulût
nousvoulionsvoulussions
vousvouliezvoulussiez
ils/ellesveuillentvoulussent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuveuille
nousveuillons
vousveuillez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
voulant
Past participle
voulu, voulue, voulus, voulues

Examples

mandarin .

I want to learn Mandarin this year.

.

She would like a room with a sea view.

sucre ?

Do you want sugar in your coffee?

.

They did not want to leave so early.

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