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courber

to bow down

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Conjugation of courber

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
je courbe
I bow down
tu courbes
you bow down
il/elle/on courbe
he/she/it bows down
nous courbons
we bow down
vous courbez
you all bow down
ils/elles courbent
they bow down
Present perfect tense
j’ai courbé
I bowed down
tu as courbé
you bowed down
il/elle/on a courbé
he/she/it bowed down
nous avons courbé
we bowed down
vous avez courbé
you all bowed down
ils/elles ont courbé
they bowed down
Past impf. tense
je courbais
I was bowing down
tu courbais
you were bowing down
il/elle/on courbait
he/she/it was bowing down
nous courbions
we were bowing down
vous courbiez
you all were bowing down
ils/elles courbaient
they were bowing down
Future tense
je courberai
I will bow down
tu courberas
you will bow down
il/elle/on courbera
he/she/it will bow down
nous courberons
we will bow down
vous courberez
you all will bow down
ils/elles courberont
they will bow down
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais courbé
I had bowed down
tu avais courbé
you had bowed down
il/elle/on avait courbé
he/she/it had bowed down
nous avions courbé
we had bowed down
vous aviez courbé
you all had bowed down
ils/elles avaient courbé
they had bowed down
Past preterite tense
je courbai
I bowed down
tu courbas
you bowed down
il/elle/on courba
he/she/it bowed down
nous courbâmes
we bowed down
vous courbâtes
you all bowed down
ils/elles courbèrent
they bowed down
Past anterior tense
j’eus courbé
I had bowed down
tu eus courbé
you had bowed down
il/elle/on eut courbé
he/she/it had bowed down
nous eûmes courbé
we had bowed down
vous eûtes courbé
you all had bowed down
ils/elles eurent courbé
they had bowed down
Future perfect tense
j’aurai courbé
I will have bowed down
tu auras courbé
you will have bowed down
il/elle/on aura courbé
he/she/it will have bowed down
nous aurons courbé
we will have bowed down
vous aurez courbé
you all will have bowed down
ils/elles auront courbé
they will have bowed down
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que je courbe
that I bow down
que tu courbes
that you bow down
qu’il/elle/on courbe
that he/she/it bow down
que nous courbions
that we bow down
que vous courbiez
that you all bow down
qu’ils/elles courbent
that they bow down
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie courbé
that I have bowed down
que tu aies courbé
that you have bowed down
qu’il/elle/on ait courbé
that he/she/it have bowed down
que nous ayons courbé
that we have bowed down
que vous ayez courbé
that you all have bowed down
qu’ils/elles aient courbé
that they have bowed down
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que je courbasse
that I would bow down
que tu courbasses
that you would bow down
qu’il/elle/on courbât
that he/she/it would bow down
que nous courbassions
that we would bow down
que vous courbassiez
that you all would bow down
qu’ils/elles courbassent
that they would bow down
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse courbé
that I had bowed down
que tu eusses courbé
that you had bowed down
qu’il/elle/on eût courbé
that he/she/it had bowed down
que nous eussions courbé
that we had bowed down
que vous eussiez courbé
that you all had bowed down
qu’ils/elles eussent courbé
that they had bowed down
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
je courberais
I would bow down
tu courberais
you would bow down
il/elle/on courberait
he/she/it would bow down
nous courberions
we would bow down
vous courberiez
you all would bow down
ils/elles courberaient
they would bow down
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais courbé
I would have bowed down
tu aurais courbé
you would have bowed down
il/elle/on aurait courbé
he/she/it would have bowed down
nous aurions courbé
we would have bowed down
vous auriez courbé
you all would have bowed down
ils/elles auraient courbé
they would have bowed down
Imperative mood
-
courbe
bow down!
-
courbons
let's bow down!
courbez
bow down!
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Past perfect imperative mood
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aie courbé
have bowed down
-
ayons courbé
let's have bowed down
ayez courbé
have bowed down
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Examples of courber

Ceux qui refusent de courber la tête devant vous.

To trample those who won't bow down to you.

Donc, il semble que je n'ai pas d'autre choix que de me courber défait devant ce pompeux con français et lui tendre ma couronne...

So, it seems I have no choice but bow down in defeat to that preening French prick and hand him my crown...

Fallon pense que nous devrions nous courber devant eux, passer le reste de nos vies dans une prison.

Fallon believes that we should bow down to them, spend the rest of our lives in a prison.

Fier, il n'a peur de rien... parce que rien ne lui fera courber l'échine.

Proud and feared of nothing... because there ain't nothing he gotta bow down to.

Il faut savoir courber l'échine, arriver à vivre au jour le jour.

Have to bow down when on other's turf, isn't it? Just the way of life.

craintif et courbé, plongé dans vos pensées...

shy and bowed down, lost in thought...

C'est pourquoi je me courbe, apeuré, devant lui... et debout en suspens, je me demande:

This is why I bow down to Time in fear... and held in suspense, I wonder:

"si vous vous courbez et m'adorez."

" if you will bow down and worship me."

Notre nouvel artilleur. Courbez-vous, courbez-vous !

Our new artilleryman! bow down, bow down...