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Conjugation of the French verb claquer

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

claquer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
claquer	to slam

Present		Scored
je claque	I slam
tu claques	you slam
il claque	he slams
elle claque	she slams
nous claquons	we slam
vous claquez	you slam
ils claquent	they slam
elles claquent	they slam

Imperfect		Scored
je claquais	I was slamming
tu claquais	you were slamming
il claquait	he was slamming
elle claquait	she was slamming
nous claquions	we were slamming
vous claquiez	you were slamming
ils claquaient	they were slamming
elles claquaient	they were slamming

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 claquai	I slammed
tu claquas	you slammed
il claqua	he slammed
elle claqua	she slammed
nous claquâmes	we slammed
vous claquâtes	you slammed
ils claquèrent	they slammed
elles claquèrent	they slammed

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

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

Future		Scored
je claquerai	I will slam
tu claqueras	you will slam
il claquera	he will slam
elle claquera	she will slam
nous claquerons	we will slam
vous claquerez	you will slam
ils claqueront	they will slam
elles claqueront	they will slam

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

Conditional		Scored
je claquerais	I would slam
tu claquerais	you would slam
il claquerait	he would slam
elle claquerait	she would slam
nous claquerions	we would slam
vous claqueriez	you would slam
ils claqueraient	they would slam
elles claqueraient	they would slam

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je claque	(... that) I slam
(... que) tu claques	(... that) you slam
(... que) il claque	(... that) he slams
(... que) elle claque	(... that) she slams
(... que) nous claquions	(... that) we slam
(... que) vous claquiez	(... that) you slam
(... que) ils claquent	(... that) they slam
(... que) elles claquent	(... that) they slam

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je claquasse	(... that) I was slamming
(... que) tu claquasses	(... that) you were slamming
(... que) il claquât	(... that) he was slamming
(... que) elle claquât	(... that) she was slamming
(... que) nous claquassions	(... that) we were slamming
(... que) vous claquassiez	(... that) you were slamming
(... que) ils claquassent	(... that) they were slamming
(... que) elles claquassent	(... that) they were slamming

Imperative		Scored
claque	Slam
claquons	Let's slam
claquez	Slam

Present Participle		Scored
claquant	slamming

Past Participle		Scored
claqué	slammed

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