To die in French 🇫🇷

mourir info.

To remember the French verb “mourir,” which means “to die,” you might want to create a connection or a mnemonic with something that sounds similar in English, such as “more here,” but implies that there is no more life here. Alternatively, think of the phrase “no more” to recall “mourir,” reflecting the cessation of life.

“Mourir” is an irregular verb, and being its infinitive form, it does not follow the regular patterns of conjugation in French.

Other French words and phrases that mean the same thing include “décéder” (to pass away) and “succomber” (to succumb).

Conjugations of “mourir” vary since it’s an irregular verb:

**Present tense:**
– je meurs (I die)
– tu meurs (you die, singular informal)
– il/elle meurt (he/she dies)
– nous mourons (we die)
– vous mourez (you die, singular formal or plural)
– ils/elles meurent (they die)

**Passé composé (a common past tense):**
– je suis mort(e) (I died, masculine/feminine)
– tu es mort(e) (you died, masculine/feminine)
– il est mort / elle est morte (he/she died)
– nous sommes mort(e)s (we died, masculine/feminine or mixed group)
– vous êtes mort(e)(s) (you died, masculine/feminine/singular or plural)
– ils sont morts / elles sont mortes (they died, masculine/feminine)

Note: Past participles agree in gender and number with the subject in French when using “être” as the auxiliary verb.

**Imperfect:**
– je mourais (I was dying)
– tu mourais (you were dying)
– il/elle mourait (he/she was dying)
– nous mourions (we were dying)
– vous mouriez (you were dying)
– ils/elles mouraient (they were dying)

**Future simple:**
– je mourrai (I will die)
– tu mourras (you will die)
– il/elle mourra (he/she will die)
– nous mourrons (we will die)
– vous mourrez (you will die)
– ils/elles mourront (they will die)

Examples of sentences using “mourir”:
– Je ne veux pas mourir jeune. (I do not want to die young.)
– Elle est morte hier soir. (She died last night.)
– Si vous continuez à fumer, vous risquez de mourir plus tôt. (If you continue to smoke, you risk dying earlier.)
– Nous ne voulons pas que notre langue maternelle meure. (We do not want our mother tongue to die.)
– Ils mouraient de faim pendant la guerre. (They were dying of hunger during the war.)

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