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Douter (to doubt) – Croire (to believe)

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Tips to remember the French word “croire”:
– Associate “croire” with the English word “credible” since something credible is believable.
– Think of “Croire” as a blend of “credit” and “adore,” as in giving credit to something you adore enough to believe in.

Explanations:
– “Croire” is a French verb that means “to believe.” It is an irregular verb, so its conjugations will not follow regular patterns like -er verbs.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Penser” can sometimes be used in a similar context and means “to think.”
– “Avoir confiance” means “to have trust,” which implies a belief in someone or something.

Conjugations:
Since “croire” is an infinitive, here are different conjugations for several tenses:

Présent (Present):
– je crois (I believe)
– tu crois (you believe [singular/familiar])
– il/elle/on croit (he/she/one believes)
– nous croyons (we believe)
– vous croyez (you believe [plural/formal])
– ils/elles croient (they believe)

Imparfait (Imperfect):
– je croyais (I believed)
– tu croyais (you believed [singular/familiar])
– il/elle/on croyait (he/she/one believed)
– nous croyions (we believed)
– vous croyiez (you believed [plural/formal])
– ils/elles croyaient (they believed)

Futur simple (Simple Future):
– je croirai (I will believe)
– tu croiras (you will believe [singular/familiar])
– il/elle/on croira (he/she/one will believe)
– nous croirons (we will believe)
– vous croirez (you will believe [plural/formal])
– ils/elles croiront (they will believe)

Passé composé (Present Perfect):
– j’ai cru (I believed/have believed)
– tu as cru (you believed/have believed [singular/familiar])
– il/elle/on a cru (he/she/one believed/has believed)
– nous avons cru (we believed/have believed)
– vous avez cru (you believed/have believed [plural/formal])
– ils/elles ont cru (they believed/have believed)

Examples using “croire”:
– Je crois que tu as raison. (I believe you are right.)
– Il ne croyait pas aux fantômes. (He did not believe in ghosts.)
– Nous croirons en eux quand ils prouveront leur loyauté. (We will believe in them when they prove their loyalty.)
– Ils ont cru en ses paroles. (They believed in his words.)

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croire info.

Tips to remember the French word ‘croire’:
You can associate “croire” with the word “credit” since when you give credit to something, you believe in its value or truth. Since both “credit” and “croire” start with “cr,” this can help you link the meaning to believe with the French word.

Explanations:
“Croire” is a French irregular verb meaning “to believe.” It is often used to express belief or faith in something or someone.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Penser (to think) – which can imply belief depending on the context.
– Avoir confiance (to trust) – which leans more towards trust but entails a belief in reliability or truth.

“Croire” is an infinitive form. Here are different conjugations for “croire”:

Present:
– je crois (I believe)
– tu crois (you believe [singular/informal])
– il/elle/on croit (he/she/one believes)
– nous croyons (we believe)
– vous croyez (you believe [plural/formal])
– ils/elles croient (they believe)

Imperfect:
– je croyais (I used to believe)
– tu croyais (you used to believe [singular/informal])
– il/elle/on croyait (he/she/one used to believe)
– nous croyions (we used to believe)
– vous croyiez (you used to believe [plural/formal])
– ils/elles croyaient (they used to believe)

Future Simple:
– je croirai (I will believe)
– tu croiras (you will believe [singular/informal])
– il/elle/on croira (he/she/one will believe)
– nous croirons (we will believe)
– vous croirez (you will believe [plural/formal])
– ils/elles croiront (they will believe)

Past Simple (Passé simple, mostly used in literature):
– je crus (I believed)
– tu crus (you believed [singular/informal])
– il/elle/on crut (he/she/one believed)
– nous crûmes (we believed)
– vous crûtes (you believed [plural/formal])
– ils/elles crurent (they believed)

Past Participle:
– cru

Compound tenses are formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir,” such as “j’ai cru” (I have believed), “nous avons cru” (we have believed), etc.

Examples of sentences using “croire”:
– Je crois en toi. (I believe in you.)
– Tu crois qu’il viendra? (Do you believe he will come?)
– Ils ne croyaient pas que c’était possible. (They didn’t believe it was possible.)
– Nous croirons toujours à la justice. (We will always believe in justice.)
– Il a cru voir un fantôme. (He thought he saw a ghost.)

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