All verbs

/oze/to dareA2

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
an infinitive — Followed by a bare infinitive — no preposition

Build map — what to memorise

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

The nous form
osons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

os-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

os-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

os-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

os-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

os-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
oser
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

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

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

oser-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

oser

Past participle
osé

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

osé

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

osé

Conjugation

présent
Ij'ose/ʒɔz/I dare
youtu oses/ty oz/you dare
he/sheil ose/il ɔz/he dares
wenous osons/nuz ozɔ̃/we dare
youvous osez/vuz oze/you dare
theyils osent/ilz oz/they dare

Examples

  • Je n'ai pas osé demander.

    /ʒə ne pa.z‿o.ze də.mɑ̃.de/

    I didn't dare ask.

  • Tu oses le dire ?

    /ty oz lə diʁ/

    You dare say that?

  • Je n'ose pas.

    /ʒə nɔz pa/

    I don't dare.

Set phrases

  • oser faire

    to dare to do

Notes

  • No de before the infinitive: Je n'ose pas demander. English can say "dare to ask" or "dare ask"; French only has the bare form.