The French for prove is the verb prouver

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French for prove is the regular ER verb prouver, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb prouver - French for prove

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of prouver, which is French for prove.

• I prove.
• you proved.
• he will prove.
• we would prove.
• they may prove.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for prouver, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE prouver
Simple Tenses prouver
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent prove	prouve	prouves	prouve	prouvons	prouvez	prouvent
Past Imperfect Imparfait proved	prouvais	prouvais	prouvait	prouvions	prouviez	prouvaient
Simple Past Passé Simple proved	prouvai	prouvas	prouva	prouvâmes	prouvâtes	prouvèrent
Future Futur will prove	prouverai	prouveras	prouvera	prouverons	prouverez	prouveront
Conditional Conditionnel would prove	prouverais	prouverais	prouverait	prouverions	prouveriez	prouveraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may prove	prouve	prouves	prouve	prouvions	prouviez	prouvent
Compound Tenses prouver
Present Perfect Passé Composé have proved	ai prouvé	as prouvé	a prouvé	avons prouvé	avez prouvé	ont prouvé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had proved	avais prouvé	avais prouvé	avait prouvé	avions prouvé	aviez prouvé	avaient prouvé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai prouvé	auras prouvé	aura prouvé	aurons prouvé	aurez prouvé	auront prouvé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have proved	aurais prouvé	aurais prouvé	aurait prouvé	aurions prouvé	auriez prouvé	auraient prouvé
Imperative Imperatif prove!		prouve		prouvons	prouvez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of prouver the French for prove
présent de l’indicatif

je prouve
- I prove
tu prouves
- you prove - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on prouve
- he, she, it, one proves
nous prouvons
- we prove
vous prouvez
- you prove (formal or plural)
ils, elles prouvent
- they prove

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
imparfait de l’indicatif

je prouvais
- I proved
- I was proving
tu prouvais
- you proved- (familiar or informal)
- you were proving
il, elle, on prouvait
- he, she, it, one proved
- he, she, it, one was proving
nous prouvions
- we proved
- we were proving
vous prouviez
- you proved- (formal or plural)
- you were proving
ils, elles prouvaient
- they proved
- they were proving

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
passé simple

je prouvai
- I proved
tu prouvas
- you proved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on prouva
- he, she, it, one proved
nous prouvâmes
- we proved
vous prouvâtes
- you proved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles prouvèrent
they proved
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
futur

je prouverai
- I will prove
tu prouveras
- you will prove (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on prouvera
- he, she, it, one will prove
nous prouverons
- we will prove
vous prouverez
- you will prove (formal or plural)
ils, elles prouveront
- they will prove

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Conditional Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
conditionnel

je prouverais
- I would prove
tu prouverais
- you would prove (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on prouverait
- he, she, it, one would prove
nous prouverions
- we would prove
vous prouveriez
- you would prove (formal or plural)
ils, elles prouveraient
- they would prove

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
présent de subjonctif

que je prouve
- that I may prove
que tu prouves
- that you may prove(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on prouve
- that he, she, it, one may prove
que nous prouvions
- that we may prove
que vous prouviez
- that you may prove(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles prouvent
- that they may prove

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb prouver - the verb ‘to prove’ in French

Past Participle of prouver is:
prouvé -proved.

The compound tenses are past tenses that are formed with the conjugations of avoir and the past participle. The key to these is in learning avoir inside out. You'll note these tenses in regular useage. Do our tables every day, building more and more verbs, and you'll be well on the way to mastering these tenses.

• I have proved
• you had proved
• he will have proved
• we would have proved

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of prouver - French for prove
passé composé

Here’s the French for prove conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai prouvé
- I have proved or I did prove or
- I proved
tu as prouvé
- you have proved or you did prove - (familiar or informal) or
- you proved
il, elle, on a prouvé
- he, she, it, one has prove or did prove
- he, she, it proved
nous avons prouvé
- we have proved or we did prove
- we proved
vous avez prouvé
- you have proved or you did prove (formal or plural) or
- or we proved
ils, elles ont prouvé
- they have proved or they did prove
- they proved

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of prouver - prove in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -prove conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais prouvé
- I had proved
tu avais prouvé
- you had proved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait prouvé
- he, she, it, one had proved
nous avions prouvé
- we had proved
vous aviez prouvé
- you had proved (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient prouvé
- they had proved

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
futur antérieur

j’aurai prouvé
- I will have
tu auras prouvé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura prouvé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons prouvé
- we will have
vous aurez prouvé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront prouvé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
conditionnel passé

j’aurais prouvé
- I would have proved
tu aurais prouvé
- you would have proved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait prouvé
- he, she, it, one would have proved
nous aurions prouvé
- we would have proved
vous auriez prouvé
- you would have proved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient prouvé
- they would have proved

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Imperative Tense conjugations of prouver, the French for prove
impératif

prouve
- prove!
prouvons
- let’s prove!
prouvez
- prove!

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Present Participle of prouver

prouvant - proving

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