You've already learnt how to recognise verbs in Le Passé Simple (Indicatif). Let's find out how to conjugate verbs ending in -UIRE.
Learn how to conjugate CONDUIRE (to drive) and -UIRE verbs in Le Passé Simple (Indicatif) in French
Look at these examples of -UIRE verbs in Le Passé Simple:
Après qu'il fut parti, tu détruisis toutes ses affaires.After he left, you destroyed all his things.
Rimbaud produisit ses poèmes les plus célèbres avant l'âge de 20 ans.Rimbaud produced his most famous poems before the age of 20.
Note that -UIRE verbs have an irregular stem in Le Passé Simple: -uis-, followed by the regular 'i' endings (-is, -is, -it, -îmes, -îtes, -irent).
List of -UIRE verbs:
produire (to produce)
reproduire (to reproduce)
conduire (to drive, to conduct)
reconduire (to drive back, to renew)
déduire (to deduct, to deduce)
introduire (to introduce)
traduire (to translate)
séduire (to seduce)
réduire (to reduce)
construire (to build, to construct)
reconstruire (to rebuild)
détruire (to destroy)
nuire (to harm, to cause damage)
cuire (to cook, to bake)
EXCEPTION with "luire":
The verb luire (to glow/to glisten) and its derivatives (reluire...) accept 2 conjugations:
- the regular one: je luisis, tu luisis, il luisit, nous luisîmes, vous luisîtes, ils luisirent
- and the irregular one: je luis, tu luis, il luit, nous luîmes, vous luîtes, ils luirent
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