All verbs

/ʒyʁe/to swearB1

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object · que + clause — Takes a direct object, or que + clause

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
jurons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

jur-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

jur-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

jur-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

jur-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

jur-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
jurer
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

jurer-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

jurer-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

jurer

Past participle
juré

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

juré

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

juré

Conjugation

présent
Ije jure/ʒə ʒyʁ/I swear
youtu jures/ty ʒyʁ/you swear
he/sheil jure/il ʒyʁ/he swears
wenous jurons/nu ʒyʁɔ̃/we swear
youvous jurez/vu ʒyʁe/you swear
theyils jurent/il ʒyʁ/they swear

Examples

  • Je te jure.

    /ʒə tə ʒyʁ/

    I swear.

  • Il a juré que c'était vrai.

    /il a ʒy.ʁe kə se.tɛ vʁɛ/

    He swore it was true.

  • Je ne jure pas.

    /ʒə nə ʒyʁ pa/

    I'm not swearing.

Set phrases

  • Je te jure

    I swear, honestly

Notes

  • Je te jure is an everyday intensifier — "honestly", "I promise you" — not a formal oath.

  • It also means to swear in the sense of cursing, and to clash: two colours that jurent don't go together.