Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Introduction to the verb tuer
The English translation of the French verb tuer is “to kill.” It is pronounced as “too-ay” in its infinitive form.
Tuer comes from the Latin word “tueri,” meaning “to protect or watch over.” In everyday French, it is most often used to describe the act of taking someone’s life deliberately or accidentally. It can also be used figuratively to mean “to destroy” or “to cause the end of something.”
Examples:
- Il a tué son ennemi dans un duel. (He killed his enemy in a duel.)
- La pollution tue lentement notre planète. (Pollution is slowly killing our planet.)
- Je ne veux pas te tuer, je veux juste que tu arrêtes de mentir. (I don’t want to kill you, I just want you to stop lying.)
Note: The verb tuer can also be used in its reflexive form, “se tuer,” to mean “to kill oneself” or “to die.”
Tuer – 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 tuer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | Tue | Je tue une araignée. | I kill a spider. |
Tu | Tues | Tu tues la mouche. | You kill the fly. |
Il | Tue | Il tue le serpent. | He kills the snake. |
Elle | Tue | Elle tue le cafard. | She kills the cockroach. |
On | Tue | On tue les moustiques. | We kill mosquitoes. |
Nous | Tuons | Nous tuons les mauvaises herbes. | We kill weeds. |
Vous | Tuez | Vous tuez les rats. | You kill rats. |
Ils | Tuent | Ils tuent les insectes. | They kill insects. |
Elles | Tuent | Elles tuent les fourmis. | They kill ants. |
Other Conjugations for Tuer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb tuer (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb tuer
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