The French verb voir means "to see". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of voir is je vois, tu vois, il/elle voit, nous voyons, vous voyez, ils/elles voient. It is irregular: 3 of its 6 present forms break the regular -ir pattern. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Its present participle is voyant and its past participle is vu.
Forms in orange break the regular -ir pattern.
| je | vois | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | vois | |
| il/ | voit | |
| nous | voyons (irregular) | |
| vous | voyez (irregular) | |
| ils/ | voient (irregular) |
| j' | ai vu (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | as vu (irregular) |
| il/ | a vu (irregular) |
| nous | avons vu (irregular) |
| vous | avez vu (irregular) |
| ils/ | ont vu (irregular) |
| je | voyais (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | voyais (irregular) |
| il/ | voyait (irregular) |
| nous | voyions (irregular) |
| vous | voyiez (irregular) |
| ils/ | voyaient (irregular) |
| je | verrai (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | verras (irregular) |
| il/ | verra (irregular) |
| nous | verrons (irregular) |
| vous | verrez (irregular) |
| ils/ | verront (irregular) |
| je | verrais (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | verrais (irregular) |
| il/ | verrait (irregular) |
| nous | verrions (irregular) |
| vous | verriez (irregular) |
| ils/ | verraient (irregular) |
| que je | voie (irregular) |
|---|---|
| que tu | voies (irregular) |
| qu'il/ | voie (irregular) |
| que nous | voyions (irregular) |
| que vous | voyiez (irregular) |
| qu'ils/ | voient (irregular) |
| tu | vois |
|---|---|
| nous | voyons (irregular) |
| vous | voyez (irregular) |
Voir is irregular. Its forms use vois, voyons, voient, and the future and conditional use verr. Its participles are voyant and vu.
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No, voir is irregular. Its table includes vois, voyons, verrons, and vu.
The future stem is verr. The future forms are verrai, verras, verra, verrons, verrez, and verront.
The present participle is voyant. The past participle is vu.