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Conjugation of the French verb cacher

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

cacher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
cacher	to hide

Present		Scored
je cache	I hide
tu caches	you hide
il cache	he hides
elle cache	she hides
nous cachons	we hide
vous cachez	you hide
ils cachent	they hide
elles cachent	they hide

Imperfect		Scored
je cachais	I was hiding
tu cachais	you were hiding
il cachait	he was hiding
elle cachait	she was hiding
nous cachions	we were hiding
vous cachiez	you were hiding
ils cachaient	they were hiding
elles cachaient	they were hiding

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 cachai	I hid
tu cachas	you hid
il cacha	he hid
elle cacha	she hid
nous cachâmes	we hid
vous cachâtes	you hid
ils cachèrent	they hid
elles cachèrent	they hid

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

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

Future		Scored
je cacherai	I will hide
tu cacheras	you will hide
il cachera	he will hide
elle cachera	she will hide
nous cacherons	we will hide
vous cacherez	you will hide
ils cacheront	they will hide
elles cacheront	they will hide

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

Conditional		Scored
je cacherais	I would hide
tu cacherais	you would hide
il cacherait	he would hide
elle cacherait	she would hide
nous cacherions	we would hide
vous cacheriez	you would hide
ils cacheraient	they would hide
elles cacheraient	they would hide

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cache	(... that) I hide
(... que) tu caches	(... that) you hide
(... que) il cache	(... that) he hides
(... que) elle cache	(... that) she hides
(... que) nous cachions	(... that) we hide
(... que) vous cachiez	(... that) you hide
(... que) ils cachent	(... that) they hide
(... que) elles cachent	(... that) they hide

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je cachasse	(... that) I was hiding
(... que) tu cachasses	(... that) you were hiding
(... que) il cachât	(... that) he was hiding
(... que) elle cachât	(... that) she was hiding
(... que) nous cachassions	(... that) we were hiding
(... que) vous cachassiez	(... that) you were hiding
(... que) ils cachassent	(... that) they were hiding
(... que) elles cachassent	(... that) they were hiding

Imperative		Scored
cache	Hide
cachons	Let's hide
cachez	Hide

Present Participle		Scored
cachant	hiding

Past Participle		Scored
caché	hidden

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