Daily Verb Lesson: French for cover is couvrir
The French for cover is the irregular IR verb couvrir.To remember this, imagine you you COVER your REAR in the French colours!
Couvrir can also mean: to wrap up, to drown out (noise); to roof (house).
Related words include:
- se couvrir de/contre (vr) : to wrap up, to cover oneself (with/against);
to become cloudy.
- le couvert (nm) : cover; place setting (restaurant).
- les couverts (nmpl) : cutlery.
- la couverture (nf) : blanket, cover; coverage (news); roofing.
Verbs ending in -vrir and -frir conjugated in this way include: couvrir, découvrir, entrouvrir, offrir, ouvrir and their compounds.
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Imagine you COVER your REAR in the French colours!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent cover |
couvre | courvres | couvre | couvrons | couvrez | couvrent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait covered |
couvrais | couvrais | couvrait | couvrions | couvriez | couvraient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple covered |
couvris | couvris | couvrit | couvrîmes | couvrîtes | couvrirent |
| Future Futur will cover |
couvrirai | couvriras | couvrira | couvrirons | couvrirez | couvriront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would cover |
couvrirais | couvrirais | couvrirait | couvririons | couvririez | couvriraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may cover |
couvre | couvres | couvre | couvrions | couvriez | couvrent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have covered |
ai couvert | as couvert | a couvert | avons couvert | avez couvert | ont couvert |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had covered |
avais couvert | avais couvert | avait couvert | avions couvert | aviez couvert | avaient couvert |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have covered |
aurai couvert | auras couvert | aura couvert | aurons couvert | aurez couvert | auront couvert |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have covered |
aurais couvert | aurais couvert | aurait couvert | aurions couvert | auriez couvert | auraient couvert |
| Imperative Imperatif cover! |
couvre ! | couvrons ! | couvrez ! | |||
✔ couvrir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn couvrir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
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