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Conjugation of the French verb échapper

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

échapper is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
échapper	to escape

Present		Scored
j'échappe	I escape
tu échappes	you escape
il échappe	he escapes
elle échappe	she escapes
nous échappons	we escape
vous échappez	you escape
ils échappent	they escape
elles échappent	they escape

Imperfect		Scored
j'échappais	I was escaping
tu échappais	you were escaping
il échappait	he was escaping
elle échappait	she was escaping
nous échappions	we were escaping
vous échappiez	you were escaping
ils échappaient	they were escaping
elles échappaient	they were escaping

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'échappai	I escaped
tu échappas	you escaped
il échappa	he escaped
elle échappa	she escaped
nous échappâmes	we escaped
vous échappâtes	you escaped
ils échappèrent	they escaped
elles échappèrent	they escaped

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

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

Future		Scored
j'échapperai	I will escape
tu échapperas	you will escape
il échappera	he will escape
elle échappera	she will escape
nous échapperons	we will escape
vous échapperez	you will escape
ils échapperont	they will escape
elles échapperont	they will escape

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

Conditional		Scored
j'échapperais	I would escape
tu échapperais	you would escape
il échapperait	he would escape
elle échapperait	she would escape
nous échapperions	we would escape
vous échapperiez	you would escape
ils échapperaient	they would escape
elles échapperaient	they would escape

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'échappe	(... that) I escape
(... que) tu échappes	(... that) you escape
(... que) il échappe	(... that) he escapes
(... que) elle échappe	(... that) she escapes
(... que) nous échappions	(... that) we escape
(... que) vous échappiez	(... that) you escape
(... que) ils échappent	(... that) they escape
(... que) elles échappent	(... that) they escape

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'échappasse	(... that) I was escaping
(... que) tu échappasses	(... that) you were escaping
(... que) il échappât	(... that) he was escaping
(... que) elle échappât	(... that) she was escaping
(... que) nous échappassions	(... that) we were escaping
(... que) vous échappassiez	(... that) you were escaping
(... que) ils échappassent	(... that) they were escaping
(... que) elles échappassent	(... that) they were escaping

Imperative		Scored
échappe	Escape
échappons	Let's escape
échappez	Escape

Present Participle		Scored
échappant	escaping

Past Participle		Scored
échappé	escaped

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