croire
to believeIrregularਇਹ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਨਿਯਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੰਨਦੀ — ਹਰ ਰੂਪ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਯਾਦ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | croissounds the same as another form in this tense | ai cru | croyaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais croire | croiraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | croissounds the same as another form in this tense | as crusounds the same as another form in this tense | croyaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas croiresounds the same as another form in this tense | croirassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | croitsounds the same as another form in this tense | a crusounds the same as another form in this tense | croyaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va croiresounds the same as another form in this tense | croirasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | croyons | avons cru | croyions | allons croire | croironssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | croyez | avez cru | croyiez | allez croire | croirezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | croientsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont cru | croyaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont croire | croirontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. crois covers both "I believe" and "I am believeing" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and cru does not — ai cru.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so croyons gives you croyais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; croire never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on croir-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
What this table tells you about croire
The past participle is cru, and it takes avoir in the passé composé — so it never changes shape, whoever the subject is. No agreement to remember here.
The futur simple is built on croir-, which is just the infinitive — the endings are the whole story, nothing new to learn for this tense.
In both the present and the imparfait, je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles are one sound: crois, croit, croient — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know croyons you already know croyais, croyait and croyaient. Futur proche keeps croire untouched.