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FRENCH VERB

mourir

to die

  • #96 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Past participle: mort
  • Present participle: mourant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I die
  2. tu you die
  3. il, elle, on he/she dies
  4. nous we die
  5. vous you die
  6. ils, elles they die

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I died
  2. tu you died
  3. il, elle, on he/she died
  4. nous we died
  5. vous you died
  6. ils, elles they died

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to die
  2. tu you used to die
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to die
  4. nous we used to die
  5. vous you used to die
  6. ils, elles they used to die

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will die
  2. tu you will die
  3. il, elle, on he/she will die
  4. nous we will die
  5. vous you will die
  6. ils, elles they will die

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would die
  2. tu you would die
  3. il, elle, on he/she would die
  4. nous we would die
  5. vous you would die
  6. ils, elles they would die

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I die
  2. tu (that) you die
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she die
  4. nous (that) we die
  5. vous (that) you die
  6. ils, elles (that) they die

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu die!
  2. nous die! (let’s)
  3. vous die! (plural, or formal)

How to use mourir

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je meurs de faim, on mange où ?

    I'm starving, where are we eating?

  2. Past

    Mon chat est mort l'année dernière, il avait seize ans.

    My cat died last year, he was sixteen.

  3. Imperfect

    On mourait de chaud dans ce bus sans clim.

    We were dying of heat in that bus with no air con.

  4. Future

    Ces plantes mourront si tu ne les arroses pas.

    These plants will die if you don't water them.

  5. Conditional

    Je mourrais d'ennui dans un bureau toute la journée.

    I'd die of boredom in an office all day.

  6. Present subjunctive

    J'ai peur que le poisson meure dans ce petit bocal.

    I'm afraid the fish will die in this little bowl.

  7. Imperative

    Ne meurs pas de soif, prends une bouteille d'eau.

    Don't die of thirst, take a bottle of water.

Good to know

  • Je meurs de faim is I'm starving; je meurs de froid, I'm freezing.
  • Il est mort means both he died and he is dead.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.