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Conjugation of the French verb pêcher

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

pêcher is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
pêcher	to fish

Present		Scored
je pêche	I fish
tu pêches	you fish
il pêche	he fishes
elle pêche	she fishes
nous pêchons	we fish
vous pêchez	you fish
ils pêchent	they fish
elles pêchent	they fish

Imperfect		Scored
je pêchais	I was fishing
tu pêchais	you were fishing
il pêchait	he was fishing
elle pêchait	she was fishing
nous pêchions	we were fishing
vous pêchiez	you were fishing
ils pêchaient	they were fishing
elles pêchaient	they were fishing

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 pêchai	I fished
tu pêchas	you fished
il pêcha	he fished
elle pêcha	she fished
nous pêchâmes	we fished
vous pêchâtes	you fished
ils pêchèrent	they fished
elles pêchèrent	they fished

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

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

Future		Scored
je pêcherai	I will fish
tu pêcheras	you will fish
il pêchera	he will fish
elle pêchera	she will fish
nous pêcherons	we will fish
vous pêcherez	you will fish
ils pêcheront	they will fish
elles pêcheront	they will fish

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

Conditional		Scored
je pêcherais	I would fish
tu pêcherais	you would fish
il pêcherait	he would fish
elle pêcherait	she would fish
nous pêcherions	we would fish
vous pêcheriez	you would fish
ils pêcheraient	they would fish
elles pêcheraient	they would fish

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pêche	(... that) I fish
(... que) tu pêches	(... that) you fish
(... que) il pêche	(... that) he fishes
(... que) elle pêche	(... that) she fishes
(... que) nous pêchions	(... that) we fish
(... que) vous pêchiez	(... that) you fish
(... que) ils pêchent	(... that) they fish
(... que) elles pêchent	(... that) they fish

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je pêchasse	(... that) I was fishing
(... que) tu pêchasses	(... that) you were fishing
(... que) il pêchât	(... that) he was fishing
(... que) elle pêchât	(... that) she was fishing
(... que) nous pêchassions	(... that) we were fishing
(... que) vous pêchassiez	(... that) you were fishing
(... que) ils pêchassent	(... that) they were fishing
(... que) elles pêchassent	(... that) they were fishing

Imperative		Scored
pêche	Fish
pêchons	Let's fish
pêchez	Fish

Present Participle		Scored
pêchant	fishing

Past Participle		Scored
pêché	fished

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