Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb chercher

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb chercher, along with their English translations.

chercher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

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
je cherchai	I searched
tu cherchas	you searched
il chercha	he searched
elle chercha	she searched
nous cherchâmes	we searched
vous cherchâtes	you searched
ils cherchèrent	they searched
elles cherchèrent	they searched

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