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Conjugation of the French verb échouer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb échouer, along with their English translations.

échouer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
échouer	to fail

Present		Scored
j'échoue	I fail
tu échoues	you fail
il échoue	he fails
elle échoue	she fails
nous échouons	we fail
vous échouez	you fail
ils échouent	they fail
elles échouent	they fail

Imperfect		Scored
j'échouais	I was failing
tu échouais	you were failing
il échouait	he was failing
elle échouait	she was failing
nous échouions	we were failing
vous échouiez	you were failing
ils échouaient	they were failing
elles échouaient	they were failing

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'échouai	I failed
tu échouas	you failed
il échoua	he failed
elle échoua	she failed
nous échouâmes	we failed
vous échouâtes	you failed
ils échouèrent	they failed
elles échouèrent	they failed

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai échoué	I have failed
tu as échoué	you have failed
il a échoué	he has failed
elle a échoué	she has failed
nous avons échoué	we have failed
vous avez échoué	you have failed
ils ont échoué	they have failed
elles ont échoué	they have failed

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais échoué	I had failed
tu avais échoué	you had failed
il avait échoué	he had failed
elle avait échoué	she had failed
nous avions échoué	we had failed
vous aviez échoué	you had failed
ils avaient échoué	they had failed
elles avaient échoué	they had failed

Future		Scored
j'échouerai	I will fail
tu échoueras	you will fail
il échouera	he will fail
elle échouera	she will fail
nous échouerons	we will fail
vous échouerez	you will fail
ils échoueront	they will fail
elles échoueront	they will fail

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai échoué	I will have failed
tu auras échoué	you will have failed
il aura échoué	he will have failed
elle aura échoué	she will have failed
nous aurons échoué	we will have failed
vous aurez échoué	you will have failed
ils auront échoué	they will have failed
elles auront échoué	they will have failed

Conditional		Scored
j'échouerais	I would fail
tu échouerais	you would fail
il échouerait	he would fail
elle échouerait	she would fail
nous échouerions	we would fail
vous échoueriez	you would fail
ils échoueraient	they would fail
elles échoueraient	they would fail

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais échoué	I would have failed
tu aurais échoué	you would have failed
il aurait échoué	he would have failed
elle aurait échoué	she would have failed
nous aurions échoué	we would have failed
vous auriez échoué	you would have failed
ils auraient échoué	they would have failed
elles auraient échoué	they would have failed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'échoue	(... that) I fail
(... que) tu échoues	(... that) you fail
(... que) il échoue	(... that) he fails
(... que) elle échoue	(... that) she fails
(... que) nous échouions	(... that) we fail
(... que) vous échouiez	(... that) you fail
(... que) ils échouent	(... that) they fail
(... que) elles échouent	(... that) they fail

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'échouasse	(... that) I was failing
(... que) tu échouasses	(... that) you were failing
(... que) il échouât	(... that) he was failing
(... que) elle échouât	(... that) she was failing
(... que) nous échouassions	(... that) we were failing
(... que) vous échouassiez	(... that) you were failing
(... que) ils échouassent	(... that) they were failing
(... que) elles échouassent	(... that) they were failing

Imperative		Scored
échoue	Fail
échouons	Let's fail
échouez	Fail

Present Participle		Scored
échouant	failing

Past Participle		Scored
échoué	failed

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