Daily Verb Lesson: French for colour is colorer
The French for colour is the regular ER verb colorer.To remember this, imagine the French woman colours her hair in the French colours!
colorer can also mean; to tinge, to dye, to tint, to stain.
Related words include:
- la couleur (nf): colour (also in writing).
- colorier (v): to colour in.
- se colorer (vr): to flush/blush.
- le colorant (nm): dye (food).
- coloré / aux couleurs vives (adj): colourful.
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Imagine the French woman COLOURS her hair
in the French COLOURS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent colour |
colore | colores | colore | colorons | colorez | colorent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait coloured |
colorais | colorais | colorait | colorions | coloriez | coloraient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple coloured |
colorai | coloras | colora | colorâmes | colorâtes | colorèrent |
| Future Futur will colour |
colorerai | coloreras | colorera | colorerons | colorerez | coloreront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would colour |
colorerais | colorerais | colorerait | colorerions | coloreriez | coloreraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may colour |
colore | colores | colore | colorions | coloriez | colorent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have coloured |
ai coloré | as coloré | a coloré | avons coloré | avez coloré | ont coloré |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had coloured |
avais coloré | avais coloré | avait coloré | avions coloré | aviez coloré | avaient coloré |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have coloured |
aurai coloré | auras coloré | aura coloré | aurons coloré | aurez coloré | auront coloré |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've coloured |
aurais coloré | aurais coloré | aurait coloré | aurions coloré | auriez coloré | auraient coloré |
| Imperative Imperatif colour! |
colore | colorons | colorez | |||
✔ Colorer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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