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Conjugation of the French verb effacer

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

effacer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
effacer	to erase

Present		Scored
j'efface	I erase
tu effaces	you erase
il efface	he erases
elle efface	she erases
nous effaçons	we erase
vous effacez	you erase
ils effacent	they erase
elles effacent	they erase

Imperfect		Scored
j'effaçais	I was erasing
tu effaçais	you were erasing
il effaçait	he was erasing
elle effaçait	she was erasing
nous effacions	we were erasing
vous effaciez	you were erasing
ils effaçaient	they were erasing
elles effaçaient	they were erasing

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'effaçai	I erased
tu effaças	you erased
il effaça	he erased
elle effaça	she erased
nous effaçâmes	we erased
vous effaçâtes	you erased
ils effacèrent	they erased
elles effacèrent	they erased

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

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

Future		Scored
j'effacerai	I will erase
tu effaceras	you will erase
il effacera	he will erase
elle effacera	she will erase
nous effacerons	we will erase
vous effacerez	you will erase
ils effaceront	they will erase
elles effaceront	they will erase

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

Conditional		Scored
j'effacerais	I would erase
tu effacerais	you would erase
il effacerait	he would erase
elle effacerait	she would erase
nous effacerions	we would erase
vous effaceriez	you would erase
ils effaceraient	they would erase
elles effaceraient	they would erase

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'efface	(... that) I erase
(... que) tu effaces	(... that) you erase
(... que) il efface	(... that) he erases
(... que) elle efface	(... that) she erases
(... que) nous effacions	(... that) we erase
(... que) vous effaciez	(... that) you erase
(... que) ils effacent	(... that) they erase
(... que) elles effacent	(... that) they erase

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'effaçasse	(... that) I was erasing
(... que) tu effaçasses	(... that) you were erasing
(... que) il effaçât	(... that) he was erasing
(... que) elle effaçât	(... that) she was erasing
(... que) nous effaçassions	(... that) we were erasing
(... que) vous effaçassiez	(... that) you were erasing
(... que) ils effaçassent	(... that) they were erasing
(... que) elles effaçassent	(... that) they were erasing

Imperative		Scored
efface	Erase
effaçons	Let's erase
effacez	Erase

Present Participle		Scored
effaçant	erasing

Past Participle		Scored
effacé	erased

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Irregular conjugation

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