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FRENCH VERB

tutoyer

to use the friendly form

  • #427 most used
  • Irregular -er verb
  • Past participle: tutoyé
  • Present participle: tutoyant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu use the friendly form!
  2. nous use the friendly form! (let’s)
  3. vous use the friendly form! (plural, or formal)

How to use tutoyer

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

  1. Present

    Je tutoie tous mes collègues, sauf le directeur.

    I say tu to all my colleagues, except the director.

  2. Past

    Il m'a tutoyé tout de suite, ça m'a surpris.

    He used tu with me right away, it surprised me.

  3. Imperfect

    À l'époque, on ne tutoyait pas ses parents.

    Back then, people didn't say tu to their parents.

  4. Future

    On se tutoiera quand on se connaîtra mieux.

    We'll switch to tu when we know each other better.

  5. Conditional

    Je le tutoierais bien, mais il est très vieux.

    I'd use tu with him, but he's very old.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ça me gêne qu'il tutoie la cliente.

    It bothers me that he says tu to the customer.

  7. Imperative

    Tutoie-moi, on a le même âge !

    Use tu with me, we're the same age!

Good to know

  • On se tutoie ? is the usual way to move from vous to tu; the opposite is vouvoyer.

Where you hear tutoyer

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Beginner Level 1

  • On se tutoie maintenant. We use the friendly form with each other now.
  • Hier, on s'est tutoyés pour la première fois. Yesterday we used the friendly form with each other for the first time.
  • On va se tutoyer. We are going to use the friendly form with each other.

French · Beginner Level 3

  • On se tutoie maintenant. We use the friendly form with each other now.
  • Hier, on s'est tutoyés pour la première fois. Yesterday we used the friendly form with each other for the first time.
  • On va se tutoyer. We are going to use the friendly form with each other.
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The Old Port

Beginner Level 1 · se tutoie · On se tutoie ?

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Mamie Jeanne

Beginner Level 3 · se tutoyer

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Verbs like this one

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