Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Introduction to the verb tousser
The English translation of the French verb tousser is “to cough”. The infinitive form of tousser is pronounced “too-seh”.
The word tousser comes from the Old French word “touzir”, which is derived from the Latin word “tussire”, meaning “to cough”. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of coughing, usually due to illness or irritation in the throat.
Examples:
- Je tousse à cause de mon rhume. (I am coughing because of my cold.)
- Les enfants ont tous toussé pendant la nuit. (The children all coughed during the night.)
- Elle ne peut pas arrêter de tousser depuis qu’elle a fumé. (She can’t stop coughing since she smoked.)
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Tousser – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of tousser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | tousse | Je tousse | I cough |
tu | tousses | Tu tousses | You cough |
il | tousse | Il tousse | He coughs |
elle | tousse | Elle tousse | She coughs |
on | tousse | On tousse | One coughs |
nous | toussons | Nous toussons | We cough |
vous | toussez | Vous toussez | You cough |
ils | toussent | Ils toussent | They cough |
elles | toussent | Elles toussent | They cough |
Other Conjugations for Tousser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb tousser (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tousser
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