Daily Verb Lesson: French for call someone 'tu' is tutoyer
The French for call someone 'tu' is the regular ER verb tutoyer.To remember this, imagine you TOOT when talking to friends and family!
Using tutoyer means you are on familiar terms with someone, using the 'tu' form of 'you' for addressing family, friends and children.
Related words include:
- le tutoiement (nm) : the use of 'tu' when addressing someone.
- vouvoyer (v) : using 'vous' when addressing someone ie formally.
Some ER verbs ending in YER change the letter y to an i before an e.
Note English verbs like pity do the same - (pities, pitied).
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: aboyer, apitoyer, noyer, flamboyer, dénoyer, tutoyer, soudoyer, ondoyer.
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Imagine you TOOT when talking to friends and family!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent call someone 'tu' |
tutoie | tutoies | tutoie | tutoyons | tutoyez | tutoient |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait called someone 'tu' |
tutoyais | tutoyais | tutoyait | tutoyions | tutoyiez | tutoyaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple called someone 'tu' |
tutoyai | tutoyas | tutoya | tutoyâmes | tutoyâtes | tutoyèrent |
| Future Futur will call someone 'tu' |
tutoierai | tutoieras | tutoiera | tutoierons | tutoierez | tutoieront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would call 'tu' |
tutoierais | tutoierais | tutoierait | tutoierions | tutoieriez | tutoieraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may call 'tu' |
tutoie | tutoies | tutoie | tutoyions | tutoyiez | tutoient |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have called 'tu' |
ai tutoyé | as tutoyé | a tutoyé | avons tutoyé | avez tutoyé | ont tutoyé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had called 'tu' |
avais tutoyé | avais tutoyé | avait tutoyé | avions tutoyé | aviez tutoyé | avaient tutoyé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will've called 'tu' |
aurai tutoyé | auras tutoyé | aura tutoyé | aurons tutoyé | aurez tutoyé | auront tutoyé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've called 'tu' |
aurais tutoyé | aurais tutoyé | aurait tutoyé | aurions tutoyé | auriez tutoyé | auraient tutoyé |
| Imperative Imperatif call someone 'tu'! |
tutoie ! | tutoyons ! | tutoyez ! | |||
✔ tutoyer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns.
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