The French verb vouloir means "to want". 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 vouloir is je veux, tu veux, il/elle veut, nous voulons, vous voulez, ils/elles veulent. It is irregular: all 6 present forms break the regular -ir pattern. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Its present participle is voulant and its past participle is voulu. Its compound tenses are formed with avoir.
Forms in orange break the regular -ir pattern.
| je | veux (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | veux (irregular) | |
| il/ | veut (irregular) | |
| nous | voulons (irregular) | |
| vous | voulez (irregular) | |
| ils/ | veulent (irregular) |
| j' | ai voulu (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | as voulu (irregular) |
| il/ | a voulu (irregular) |
| nous | avons voulu (irregular) |
| vous | avez voulu (irregular) |
| ils/ | ont voulu (irregular) |
| je | voulais (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | voulais (irregular) |
| il/ | voulait (irregular) |
| nous | voulions (irregular) |
| vous | vouliez (irregular) |
| ils/ | voulaient (irregular) |
| je | voudrai (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | voudras (irregular) |
| il/ | voudra (irregular) |
| nous | voudrons (irregular) |
| vous | voudrez (irregular) |
| ils/ | voudront (irregular) |
| je | voudrais (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | voudrais (irregular) |
| il/ | voudrait (irregular) |
| nous | voudrions (irregular) |
| vous | voudriez (irregular) |
| ils/ | voudraient (irregular) |
| que je | veuille (irregular) |
|---|---|
| que tu | veuilles (irregular) |
| qu'il/ | veuille (irregular) |
| que nous | voulions (irregular) |
| que vous | vouliez (irregular) |
| qu'ils/ | veuillent (irregular) |
| tu | veuille (irregular) |
|---|---|
| nous | veuillons (irregular) |
| vous | veuillez (irregular) |
Vouloir is irregular. Its present forms include veux, voulons, and veulent, while its future forms include voudrai and voudront.
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No, vouloir is irregular. Its table has forms such as veux, voulons, and voudrai.
They are veuille, veuilles, veuille, voulions, vouliez, and veuillent.
The present participle is voulant, the past participle is voulu, and the auxiliary is avoir.