Conduire conjugation: to drive, to lead in every French tense (free PDF download)
The verb conduire means “to drive, to lead” and is a useful everyday verb (number 104 of the 150 on this site). It is an irregular verb of the 3rd group with its own stems: je conduis, nous conduisons, and a future stem in conduir- (je conduirai). In compound tenses it takes avoir (j’ai conduit), with the past participle conduit. Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.
conduire at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary
Infinitive
conduire — to drive, to lead
Group
3rd group (irregular verbs)
Type
Irregular verb
Auxiliary
takes avoir
Construction
Transitive (direct object)
Frequency
No. 104 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.
In compound tenses conduire takes avoir (j’ai conduit). The participle conduit agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.
Irregular stems
Learn the stems, not the endings: the present is je conduis / nous conduisons / ils conduisent, and the future and conditional use conduir- (je conduirai, je conduirais).