Key facts

Refuser

To refuse · to refuse/to decline

A2Regular
Stem
refus
Past participle
refusé

Examples

Je refuse le sucre.

I refuse sugar.

Il ne refuse pas d'aide.

He doesn't refuse help.

Nous refusions le café.

We were refusing coffee.

Nous avons refusé le plan.

We refused the plan.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
Jerefuse
Turefuses
Yourefuse
Ilrefuse
Herefuses
Nousrefusons
Werefuse
Vousrefusez
Yourefuse
Ilsrefusent
Theyrefuse

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais refuser
Iam going to refuse
Tuvas refuser
Youare going to refuse
Ilva refuser
Heis going to refuse
Nousallons refuser
Weare going to refuse
Vousallez refuser
Youare going to refuse
Ilsvont refuser
Theyare going to refuse

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens de refuser
Ihave just refused
Tuviens de refuser
Youhave just refused
Ilvient de refuser
Hehas just refused
Nousvenons de refuser
Wehave just refused
Vousvenez de refuser
Youhave just refused
Ilsviennent de refuser
Theyhave just refused

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai refusé
Ihave refused
Tuas refusé
Youhave refused
Ila refusé
Hehas refused
Nousavons refusé
Wehave refused
Vousavez refusé
Youhave refused
Ilsont refusé
Theyhave refused

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

Jerefuserais
Iwould refuse
Turefuserais
Youwould refuse
Ilrefuserait
Hewould refuse
Nousrefuserions
Wewould refuse
Vousrefuseriez
Youwould refuse
Ilsrefuseraient
Theywould refuse

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

Jerefuserai
Iwill refuse
Turefuseras
Youwill refuse
Ilrefusera
Hewill refuse
Nousrefuserons
Wewill refuse
Vousrefuserez
Youwill refuse
Ilsrefuseront
Theywill refuse

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

Jerefusais
Iwas refusing
Turefusais
Youwere refusing
Ilrefusait
Hewas refusing
Nousrefusions
Were refusing
Vousrefusiez
Youwere refusing
Ilsrefusaient
Theywere refusing

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)refuse
(Nous)refusons
Werefuse
(Vous)refusez
Yourefuse

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

refusant
refusing

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en refusant
refusing

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