French verb ouvrir. Daily French Verb Lesson

Daily Verb Lesson: French for open is ouvrir

The French for open is the irregular IR verb ouvrir.
To remember this, imagine you call to someone to open the door as you are trying to HOOVER 'ERE!
Ouvrir can also mean: to open up, to undo, to initiate.
Related words include:
  - s'ouvrir (vr) : to open (e.g. a door, country); to part (e.g. lips).
  - l'ouverture (nf) : opening (up); opportunity; openness.
  - ouvertement (adv) : openly, blatantly; unashamedly.
  - ouvrir les bras ; ses oreilles : to open one's arms; one's ears.
Verbs ending in -vrir and -frir conjugated in this way include: couvrir, découvrir, ouvrir, offrir, entrouvrir and their compounds.
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to open: ouvrir
Imagine you call someone to open the door
as you are trying to HOOVER 'ERE!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE ouvrir
Simple Tenses ouvrir Present Participle: *ouvrant*
TENSE	je/j'	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent open	ouvre	ouvres	ouvre	ouvrons	ouvrez	ouvrent
Past Imperfect Imparfait opened	ouvrais	ouvrais	ouvrait	ouvrions	ouvriez	ouvraient
Simple Past Passé Simple opened	ouvris	ouvris	ouvrit	ouvrîmes	ouvrîtes	ouvrirent
Future Futur will open	ouvrirai	ouvriras	ouvrira	ouvrirons	ouvrirez	ouvriront
Conditional Conditionnel would open	ouvrirais	ouvrirais	ouvrirait	ouvririons	ouvririez	ouvriraient
Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may open	ouvre	ouvres	ouvre	ouvrions	ouvriez	ouvrent
Compound Tenses ouvrir Past Participle: *ouvert*
Present Perfect Passé Composé have opened	ai ouvert	as ouvert	a ouvert	avons ouvert	avez ouvert	ont ouvert
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had opened	avais ouvert	avais ouvert	avait ouvert	avions ouvert	aviez ouvert	avaient ouvert
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have opened	aurai ouvert	auras ouvert	aura ouvert	aurons ouvert	aurez ouvert	auront ouvert
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have opened	aurais ouvert	aurais ouvert	aurait ouvert	aurions ouvert	auriez ouvert	auraient ouvert
Imperative Imperatif open!		ouvre !		ouvrons !	ouvrez !

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