How to Conjugate Durer (to Last) in French

Similar to the English word endure, the French verb  durer  means to last. Its an easy word to remember and add to your French vocabulary. Conjugating it into the past, present, or future tense is also quite simple. Conjugating the French Verb Durer Verb conjugations are necessary in order to express lasted or lasting. In English, we use these -ed and -ing endings, though things are a bit more complicated in French. Thats because there are new endings for every subject pronoun as well as every tense. Durer  is a  regular -ER verb  and it follows the most common verb conjugation pattern in the French language. This makes learning new verbs just a little easier because you can apply these same endings to  disputer  (to dispute),  dà ©penser  (to spend), and many other verbs. To study the verb conjugations, simply pair the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense for your sentence. For instance, I last becomes je dure and we will last is nous durerons. Subject Present Future Imperfect je dure durerai durais tu dures dureras durais il dure durera durait nous durons durerons durions vous durez durerez duriez ils durent dureront duraient The Present Partciple of Durer When you add -ant  to the verb stem  dur-, the  present participle  durant  is formed. This is quite useful as it not only acts as a verb, but also functions as an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed. The Passà © Composà © and Past Participle The  passà © composà ©Ã‚  is a common form of the past tense lasted in French. Its formed by conjugating the  auxiliary verb  avoir  to match the subject pronoun, then attaching the  past participle  durà ©. As an example, I lasted becomes jai durà © and we lasted is nous avons durà ©. More Simple Durer  Conjugations This lesson includes the simplest of verb conjugations for  durer. At first, study the present, future, and past tenses above and practice using them in context. Once you have those memorized, consider adding the following forms to your vocabulary. The subjunctive and conditional verb moods each imply some sort of uncertainty or dependency in the action. These are quite useful, particularly with a verb like  durer  because the lasting may not always be guaranteed. In contrast, its very likely that you will only encounter the passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive in formal writing. While you may not use them yourself, you should be able to recognize them as a form of  durer  when reading. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je dure durerais durai durasse tu dures durerais duras durasses il dure durerait dura durt nous durions durerions durmes durassions vous duriez dureriez durtes durassiez ils durent dureraient durrent durassent The imperative verb mood is primarily used in short and often assertive statements. When using it to quickly request or demand something, the subject pronoun is not required: say dure rather than tu dure. Imperative (tu) dure (nous) durons (vous) durez