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Fuir — to flee | French Verb Chart

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Fuir›to flee
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Présent (Indicatif)

  • je fuisI flee
  • tu fuisyou flee
  • il / elle fuithe / she flees
  • nous fuyonswe flee
  • vous fuyezyou flee
  • ils / elles fuientthey flee

Passé composé (Indicatif)

  • j’ai fuiI fled
  • tu as fuiyou fled
  • il / elle a fuihe / she fled
  • nous avons fuiwe fled
  • vous avez fuiyou fled
  • ils / elles ont fuithey fled

Imparfait (Indicatif)

  • je fuyaisI was fleeing
  • tu fuyaisyou were
  • il fuyaithe was
  • nous fuyionswe were
  • vous fuyiezyou were
  • ils fuyaientthey were

Futur simple (Indicatif)

  • je fuiraiI will flee
  • tu fuirasyou will
  • il fuirahe will
  • nous fuironswe will
  • vous fuirezyou will
  • ils fuirontthey will

Conditionnel présent

  • je fuiraisI would flee
  • tu fuiraisyou would
  • il fuiraithe would
  • nous fuirionswe would
  • vous fuiriezyou would
  • ils fuiraientthey would

Subjonctif présent

  • que je fuiethat I flee
  • que tu fuiesthat you
  • qu’il fuiethat he
  • que nous fuyionsthat we
  • que vous fuyiezthat you
  • qu’ils fuientthat they

Impératif, Participe & Infinitif

  • fuirinfinitive
  • fuyantpresent participle
  • en fuyantgerund (gérondif)
  • fuipast participle
  • fuis · fuyons · fuyezimperative
  • avoirauxiliary in compound tenses
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📘 How to use Fuir

  • The y appears before a pronounced vowel: nous fuyons, ils fuient, je fuyais.
  • Two meanings: to flee (fuir un danger) and to leak (le robinet fuit = the tap is leaking).
  • S’enfuir (reflexive, takes être) = to run away / escape: il s’est enfui.

🔑 Key forms

Participe passéfui (avoir)
Gérondifen fuyant
Impératiffuis ! · fuyons ! · fuyez !
Good to knowFamily: s’enfuir (to run away). « fuir » can also mean « to avoid »: fuir ses responsabilités.

🔊 Common expressions

Les habitants ont fui la ville.The inhabitants fled the city.
Le temps fuit.Time flies / slips away.
Le robinet fuit.The tap is leaking.
Il fuit ses responsabilités.He runs away from his responsibilities.

🔊 Example sentences

Ils ont fui devant le danger.They fled from the danger.
Le prisonnier s’est enfui.The prisoner escaped.
Nous fuyions la chaleur de l’été.We were escaping the summer heat.

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plural adds y: nous ___ (fu+y)

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fuyons

to run away (reflexive) = s’___ (être verb)

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enfuir

the tap is leaking = le robinet ___ (other meaning)

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fuit

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je ___ (Fuir — present)

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fuis

tu ___ (Fuir — passé composé)

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as fui

il ___ (Fuir — imperfect)

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fuyait

nous ___ (Fuir — future)

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fuirons

vous ___ (Fuir — conditional)

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fuiriez

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Fuir conjugation FAQ

What is the present tense of fuir?

je fuis, tu fuis, il / elle fuit, nous fuyons, vous fuyez, ils / elles fuient. Full charts for every tense are above, each form with audio.

What is the past participle of fuir?

fui — the passé composé is « j’ai fui ». Fuir uses avoir as its auxiliary verb.

How do you say fuir in the future tense?

« je fuirai » — the future stem never changes across persons, only the endings do.

What does fuir mean in English?

to flee. It is one of the essential French verbs — drill the present first, then the passé composé; those two tenses carry most conversations.

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