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Conjugation of the French verb piquer

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

piquer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
piquer	to sting

Present		Scored
je pique	I sting
tu piques	you sting
il pique	he stings
elle pique	she stings
nous piquons	we sting
vous piquez	you sting
ils piquent	they sting
elles piquent	they sting

Imperfect		Scored
je piquais	I was stinging
tu piquais	you were stinging
il piquait	he was stinging
elle piquait	she was stinging
nous piquions	we were stinging
vous piquiez	you were stinging
ils piquaient	they were stinging
elles piquaient	they were stinging

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 piquai	I stung
tu piquas	you stung
il piqua	he stung
elle piqua	she stung
nous piquâmes	we stung
vous piquâtes	you stung
ils piquèrent	they stung
elles piquèrent	they stung

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

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

Future		Scored
je piquerai	I will sting
tu piqueras	you will sting
il piquera	he will sting
elle piquera	she will sting
nous piquerons	we will sting
vous piquerez	you will sting
ils piqueront	they will sting
elles piqueront	they will sting

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

Conditional		Scored
je piquerais	I would sting
tu piquerais	you would sting
il piquerait	he would sting
elle piquerait	she would sting
nous piquerions	we would sting
vous piqueriez	you would sting
ils piqueraient	they would sting
elles piqueraient	they would sting

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pique	(... that) I sting
(... que) tu piques	(... that) you sting
(... que) il pique	(... that) he stings
(... que) elle pique	(... that) she stings
(... que) nous piquions	(... that) we sting
(... que) vous piquiez	(... that) you sting
(... que) ils piquent	(... that) they sting
(... que) elles piquent	(... that) they sting

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je piquasse	(... that) I was stinging
(... que) tu piquasses	(... that) you were stinging
(... que) il piquât	(... that) he was stinging
(... que) elle piquât	(... that) she was stinging
(... que) nous piquassions	(... that) we were stinging
(... que) vous piquassiez	(... that) you were stinging
(... que) ils piquassent	(... that) they were stinging
(... que) elles piquassent	(... that) they were stinging

Imperative		Scored
pique	Sting
piquons	Let's sting
piquez	Sting

Present Participle		Scored
piquant	stinging

Past Participle		Scored
piqué	stung

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