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Croire

 

 

 

 

• The verb croire is irregular in the present tense.

 

 

Je crois            Nous croyons

Tu crois          Vous croyez

Il on croit        Ils/elles croient

 

Future/Conditional stem: croir-

Past participle: cru

 

 

• Croire+ direct object = to believe in something or someone.

 

 

Ex. Je crois mon père. (I believe my father.)

 

 

• Croire à = to believe something is possible, probable, real; to believe in the value of something.

 

 

Ex. Il croit aux fantômes. (He believes in ghosts.)

 

 

• Croire en = to believe in, to have confidence in.

 

 

Ex. Croyez-vous en Dieu? (Do you believe in God?)