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Valoir conjugation: to be worth in every French tense (free PDF download)

French verb conjugation: 150 verbs in every tense

The French verb valoir (to be worth) is a useful everyday verb (number 110 of the 150 on this site). It is an irregular verb of the 3rd group with its own stems: je vaux, nous valons, and a future stem in vaudr- (je vaudrai). In compound tenses it takes avoir (j’ai valu), with the past participle valu. Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.

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valoir at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary

Infinitive
valoir — to be worth
Group
3rd group (irregular verbs)
Type
Irregular verb
Auxiliary
takes avoir
Construction
Intransitive (no object), transitive (direct object)
Frequency
No. 110 of the 150 most common French verbs

The endings are in bold. Tense names are given in French with the English equivalent in parentheses; pronouns and verb forms stay in French, as you will see and hear them.

Indicatif (indicative): valoir

Présent (present tense)

Présent (present tense) of the verb valoir
jevaux
tuvaux
ilvaut
nousvalons
vousvalez
ilsvalent

Imparfait (imperfect)

Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb valoir
jevalais
tuvalais
ilvalait
nousvalions
vousvaliez
ilsvalaient

Passé simple (simple past, literary)

Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb valoir
jevalus
tuvalus
ilvalut
nousvalûmes
vousvalûtes
ilsvalurent

Futur simple (simple future)

Futur simple (simple future) of the verb valoir
jevaudrai
tuvaudras
ilvaudra
nousvaudrons
vousvaudrez
ilsvaudront

Passé composé (compound past)

Passé composé (compound past) of the verb valoir
j’ai valu
tuas valu
ila valu
nousavons valu
vousavez valu
ilsont valu

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect)

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb valoir
j’avais valu
tuavais valu
ilavait valu
nousavions valu
vousaviez valu
ilsavaient valu

Passé antérieur (past anterior)

Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb valoir
j’eus valu
tueus valu
ileut valu
nouseûmes valu
vouseûtes valu
ilseurent valu

Futur antérieur (future perfect)

Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb valoir
j’aurai valu
tuauras valu
ilaura valu
nousaurons valu
vousaurez valu
ilsauront valu

Conditionnel (conditional): valoir

Conditionnel présent (present conditional)

Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb valoir
jevaudrais
tuvaudrais
ilvaudrait
nousvaudrions
vousvaudriez
ilsvaudraient

Conditionnel passé (past conditional)

Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb valoir
j’aurais valu
tuaurais valu
ilaurait valu
nousaurions valu
vousauriez valu
ilsauraient valu

Subjonctif (subjunctive): valoir

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive)

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb valoir
que jevaille
que tuvailles
qu’ilvaille
que nousvalions
que vousvaliez
qu’ilsvaillent

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive)

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb valoir
que j’aie valu
que tuaies valu
qu’ilait valu
que nousayons valu
que vousayez valu
qu’ilsaient valu

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb valoir
que jevalusse
que tuvalusses
qu’ilvalût
que nousvalussions
que vousvalussiez
qu’ilsvalussent

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb valoir
que j’eusse valu
que tueusses valu
qu’ileût valu
que nouseussions valu
que vouseussiez valu
qu’ilseussent valu

Impératif (imperative): valoir

Impératif présent (imperative)

Impératif présent (imperative) of the verb valoir
(tu)vaux
(nous)valons
(vous)valez

Impératif passé (past imperative)

Impératif passé (past imperative) of the verb valoir
(tu)aie valu
(nous)ayons valu
(vous)ayez valu

Infinitive, participles and gerund of valoir

Non-personal forms of the verb valoir
Infinitif présent (present infinitive)valoir
Infinitif passé (past infinitive)avoir valu
Participe présent (present participle)valant
Participe passé (past participle)valu (masc. sing.), value (fem. sing.), valus (masc. pl.), values (fem. pl.)
Gérondif présent (gerund, “while doing”)en valant
Gérondif passé (past gerund)en ayant valu

Example sentences with valoir

Real French sentences, with the conjugated form in bold, followed by the tense.

Watch out with valoir

Use avoir

In compound tenses valoir takes avoir (j’ai valu). The participle valu agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.

Irregular stems

Learn the stems, not the endings: the present is je vaux / nous valons / ils valent, and the future and conditional use vaudr- (je vaudrai, je vaudrais).

Other verbs to learn with valoir

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Review the French tenses

Questions about valoir

How do you conjugate valoir (to be worth) in the present tense?

In the présent: je vaux, tu vaux, il vaut, nous valons, vous valez, ils valent.

Does valoir take être or avoir in the passé composé?

valoir takes avoir in compound tenses: j’ai valu, nous avons valu. The past participle is valu.

What are the future and conditional forms of valoir?

Futur simple: je vaudrai. Conditionnel présent: je vaudrais. Both are built on the same stem (vaudr-).

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