Conjugation for boire

Boire means to drink in French. In the present tense, its forms include je bois, tu bois, il or elle boit, nous buvons, vous buvez, and ils or elles boivent. It is an irregular verb, so one unchanged stem does not fit every form.

Meaning and context

Pay attention to the subject as well as the ending. The singular forms look similar, but the plural forms introduce buv or boiv. Written conjugation and pronunciation are related skills, and a spelling chart alone does not capture every spoken distinction.

Examples and usage

Je bois de l’eau means I drink water or I am drinking water, depending on context. Nous buvons du thé means we drink tea or we are drinking tea. The French present can correspond to more than one natural English construction.

What to check

This is a present-tense guide, not a complete table of every tense. For a past event or future plan, choose the appropriate construction. Practice with a complete sentence so the verb form, object, and surrounding grammar work together.

Explore more: Word meanings and writing guides