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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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!
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.
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