Inherited from Old French courre, corre (modified under the influence of -ir verbs), from Latin currere (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).
courir
This verb is conjugated like other regular -ir verbs, except that in the conditional and future tenses an extra 'r' is added to the end of the stem and the past participle ends in -u. All verb ending in -courir are conjugated this way.
| infinitive | simple | courir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | courant /ku.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | couru /ku.ʁy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cours /kuʁ/ |
cours /kuʁ/ |
court /kuʁ/ |
courons /ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
courez /ku.ʁe/ |
courent /kuʁ/ |
| imperfect | courais /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courais /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courait /ku.ʁɛ/ |
courions /ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couriez /ku.ʁje/ |
couraient /ku.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | courus /ku.ʁy/ |
courus /ku.ʁy/ |
courut /ku.ʁy/ |
courûmes /ku.ʁym/ |
courûtes /ku.ʁyt/ |
coururent /ku.ʁyʁ/ | |
| future | courrai /kuʁ.ʁe/ |
courras /kuʁ.ʁa/ |
courra /kuʁ.ʁa/ |
courrons /kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/ |
courrez /kuʁ.ʁe/ |
courront /kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | courrais /kuʁ.ʁɛ/ |
courrais /kuʁ.ʁɛ/ |
courrait /kuʁ.ʁɛ/ |
courrions /kuʁ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
courriez /kuʁ.ʁje/ |
courraient /kuʁ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | coure /kuʁ/ |
coures /kuʁ/ |
coure /kuʁ/ |
courions /ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couriez /ku.ʁje/ |
courent /kuʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | courusse /ku.ʁys/ |
courusses /ku.ʁys/ |
courût /ku.ʁy/ |
courussions /ku.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
courussiez /ku.ʁy.sje/ |
courussent /ku.ʁys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cours /kuʁ/ |
— | courons /ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
courez /ku.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||