The French for sulk, avoid is the verb bouder

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French for sulk, avoid is the regular ER verb bouder, 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 bouder - French for sulk, avoid

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of bouder, which is French for sulk, avoid.

• I sulk, avoid.
• you sulked.
• he will sulk, avoid.
• we would sulk, avoid.
• they may sulk, avoid.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for bouder, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE bouder
Simple Tenses bouder
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent sulk, avoid	boude	boudes	boude	boudons	boudez	boudent
Past Imperfect Imparfait sulked	boudais	boudais	boudait	boudions	boudiez	boudaient
Simple Past Passé Simple sulked	boudai	boudas	bouda	boudâmes	boudâtes	boudèrent
Future Futur will sulk, avoid	bouderai	bouderas	boudera	bouderons	bouderez	bouderont
Conditional Conditionnel would sulk, avoid	bouderais	bouderais	bouderait	bouderions	bouderiez	bouderaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may sulk, avoid	boude	boudes	boude	boudions	boudiez	boudent
Compound Tenses bouder
Present Perfect Passé Composé have sulked	ai boudé	as boudé	a boudé	avons boudé	avez boudé	ont boudé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had sulked	avais boudé	avais boudé	avait boudé	avions boudé	aviez boudé	avaient boudé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai boudé	auras boudé	aura boudé	aurons boudé	aurez boudé	auront boudé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have sulked	aurais boudé	aurais boudé	aurait boudé	aurions boudé	auriez boudé	auraient boudé
Imperative Imperatif sulk, avoid!		boude		boudons	boudez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of bouder the French for sulk, avoid
présent de l’indicatif

je boude
- I sulk, avoid
tu boudes
- you sulk, avoid - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on boude
- he, she, it, one sulks
nous boudons
- we sulk, avoid
vous boudez
- you sulk, avoid (formal or plural)
ils, elles boudent
- they sulk, avoid

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
imparfait de l’indicatif

je boudais
- I sulked
- I was sulking
tu boudais
- you sulked- (familiar or informal)
- you were sulking
il, elle, on boudait
- he, she, it, one sulked
- he, she, it, one was sulking
nous boudions
- we sulked
- we were sulking
vous boudiez
- you sulked- (formal or plural)
- you were sulking
ils, elles boudaient
- they sulked
- they were sulking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
passé simple

je boudai
- I sulked
tu boudas
- you sulked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bouda
- he, she, it, one sulked
nous boudâmes
- we sulked
vous boudâtes
- you sulked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles boudèrent
they sulked
(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 bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
futur

je bouderai
- I will sulk, avoid
tu bouderas
- you will sulk, avoid (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on boudera
- he, she, it, one will sulk, avoid
nous bouderons
- we will sulk, avoid
vous bouderez
- you will sulk, avoid (formal or plural)
ils, elles bouderont
- they will sulk, avoid

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Conditional Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
conditionnel

je bouderais
- I would sulk, avoid
tu bouderais
- you would sulk, avoid (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bouderait
- he, she, it, one would sulk, avoid
nous bouderions
- we would sulk, avoid
vous bouderiez
- you would sulk, avoid (formal or plural)
ils, elles bouderaient
- they would sulk, avoid

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
présent de subjonctif

que je boude
- that I may sulk, avoid
que tu boudes
- that you may sulk, avoid(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on boude
- that he, she, it, one may sulk, avoid
que nous boudions
- that we may sulk, avoid
que vous boudiez
- that you may sulk, avoid(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles boudent
- that they may sulk, avoid

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb bouder - the verb ‘to sulk, avoid’ in French

Past Participle of bouder is:
boudé -sulked.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of bouder - French for sulk, avoid
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of bouder - sulk, avoid in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of bouder, the French for sulk, avoid
impératif

boude
- sulk, avoid!
boudons
- let’s sulk, avoid!
boudez
- sulk, avoid!

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Present Participle of bouder

boudant - sulking

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