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Conjugation of the French verb manquer

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

manquer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
manquer	to miss

Present		Scored
je manque	I miss
tu manques	you miss
il manque	he misses
elle manque	she misses
nous manquons	we miss
vous manquez	you miss
ils manquent	they miss
elles manquent	they miss

Imperfect		Scored
je manquais	I was missing
tu manquais	you were missing
il manquait	he was missing
elle manquait	she was missing
nous manquions	we were missing
vous manquiez	you were missing
ils manquaient	they were missing
elles manquaient	they were missing

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 manquai	I missed
tu manquas	you missed
il manqua	he missed
elle manqua	she missed
nous manquâmes	we missed
vous manquâtes	you missed
ils manquèrent	they missed
elles manquèrent	they missed

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

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

Future		Scored
je manquerai	I will miss
tu manqueras	you will miss
il manquera	he will miss
elle manquera	she will miss
nous manquerons	we will miss
vous manquerez	you will miss
ils manqueront	they will miss
elles manqueront	they will miss

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

Conditional		Scored
je manquerais	I would miss
tu manquerais	you would miss
il manquerait	he would miss
elle manquerait	she would miss
nous manquerions	we would miss
vous manqueriez	you would miss
ils manqueraient	they would miss
elles manqueraient	they would miss

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) nous manquions	(... that) we miss
(... que) vous manquiez	(... that) you miss
(... que) ils manquent	(... that) they miss
(... que) elles manquent	(... that) they miss

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je manquasse	(... that) I was missing
(... que) tu manquasses	(... that) you were missing
(... que) il manquât	(... that) he was missing
(... que) elle manquât	(... that) she was missing
(... que) nous manquassions	(... that) we were missing
(... que) vous manquassiez	(... that) you were missing
(... que) ils manquassent	(... that) they were missing
(... que) elles manquassent	(... that) they were missing

Imperative		Scored
manque	Miss
manquons	Let's miss
manquez	Miss

Present Participle		Scored
manquant	missing

Past Participle		Scored
manqué	missed

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