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Conjugate coudre in the present tense in French (Le Présent)

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2021-10-22
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Learn how to conjugate COUDRE (to sew) in Le Présent (Indicatif) in French

je couds
tu couds
il / elle / on coud
nous cousons
vous cousez
ils / elles  cousent


Here are some more examples to listen to:

Je couds un nouveau bouton sur mon manteau.I'm sewing a new button onto my coat.

Tu couds tous les jours.You sew every day.

Cendrillon coud dans le grenier.Cinderella sews in the attic.

Nous cousons: c'est notre métier.We sew: that's our job.

Vous cousez magnifiquement bien !You sew amazingly well!

Et mes tantes cousent dans le salon.And my aunts are sewing in the living room.


* Derivatives include:
recoudre (to sew again/back)
découdre (to unstitch)




See also Conjugate moudre in the present tense in French (Le Présent)

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Tu couds tous les jours.You sew every day.
Je couds un nouveau bouton sur mon manteau.I'm sewing a new button onto my coat.
Cendrillon coud dans le grenier.Cinderella sews in the attic.
Nous cousons: c'est notre métier.We sew: that's our job.
Et mes tantes cousent dans le salon.And my aunts are sewing in the living room.
Vous cousez magnifiquement bien !You sew amazingly well!
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