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Conjugation of the French verb bavarder

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

bavarder is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
bavarder	to chat

Present		Scored
je bavarde	I chat
tu bavardes	you chat
il bavarde	he chats
elle bavarde	she chats
nous bavardons	we chat
vous bavardez	you chat
ils bavardent	they chat
elles bavardent	they chat

Imperfect		Scored
je bavardais	I was chatting
tu bavardais	you were chatting
il bavardait	he was chatting
elle bavardait	she was chatting
nous bavardions	we were chatting
vous bavardiez	you were chatting
ils bavardaient	they were chatting
elles bavardaient	they were chatting

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 bavardai	I chatted
tu bavardas	you chatted
il bavarda	he chatted
elle bavarda	she chatted
nous bavardâmes	we chatted
vous bavardâtes	you chatted
ils bavardèrent	they chatted
elles bavardèrent	they chatted

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

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

Future		Scored
je bavarderai	I will chat
tu bavarderas	you will chat
il bavardera	he will chat
elle bavardera	she will chat
nous bavarderons	we will chat
vous bavarderez	you will chat
ils bavarderont	they will chat
elles bavarderont	they will chat

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 bavardé	I will have chatted
tu auras bavardé	you will have chatted
il aura bavardé	he will have chatted
elle aura bavardé	she will have chatted
nous aurons bavardé	we will have chatted
vous aurez bavardé	you will have chatted
ils auront bavardé	they will have chatted
elles auront bavardé	they will have chatted

Conditional		Scored
je bavarderais	I would chat
tu bavarderais	you would chat
il bavarderait	he would chat
elle bavarderait	she would chat
nous bavarderions	we would chat
vous bavarderiez	you would chat
ils bavarderaient	they would chat
elles bavarderaient	they would chat

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 bavardé	I would have chatted
tu aurais bavardé	you would have chatted
il aurait bavardé	he would have chatted
elle aurait bavardé	she would have chatted
nous aurions bavardé	we would have chatted
vous auriez bavardé	you would have chatted
ils auraient bavardé	they would have chatted
elles auraient bavardé	they would have chatted

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je bavarde	(... that) I chat
(... que) tu bavardes	(... that) you chat
(... que) il bavarde	(... that) he chats
(... que) elle bavarde	(... that) she chats
(... que) nous bavardions	(... that) we chat
(... que) vous bavardiez	(... that) you chat
(... que) ils bavardent	(... that) they chat
(... que) elles bavardent	(... that) they chat

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je bavardasse	(... that) I was chatting
(... que) tu bavardasses	(... that) you were chatting
(... que) il bavardât	(... that) he was chatting
(... que) elle bavardât	(... that) she was chatting
(... que) nous bavardassions	(... that) we were chatting
(... que) vous bavardassiez	(... that) you were chatting
(... que) ils bavardassent	(... that) they were chatting
(... que) elles bavardassent	(... that) they were chatting

Imperative		Scored
bavarde	Chat
bavardons	Let's chat
bavardez	Chat

Present Participle		Scored
bavardant	chatting

Past Participle		Scored
bavardé	chatted

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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