bâcler — French conjugation

to rush

Frequency#88Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jebâcleI rush
tubâclesyou rush
il/ellebâclehe/she/it rushes
nousbâclonswe rush
vousbâclezyou (pl.) rush
ils/ellesbâclentthey rush

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jebâclaiI rushed
tubâclasyou rushed
il/ellebâclahe/she/it rushed
nousbâclâmeswe rushed
vousbâclâtesyou (pl.) rushed
ils/ellesbâclèrentthey rushed

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jebâclais
tubâclais
il/ellebâclait
nousbâclions
vousbâcliez
ils/ellesbâclaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jebâcleraisI would rush
tubâcleraisyou would rush
il/ellebâcleraithe/she/it would rush
nousbâclerionswe would rush
vousbâcleriezyou (pl.) would rush
ils/ellesbâcleraientthey would rush

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jebâcleraiI will rush
tubâclerasyou will rush
il/ellebâclerahe/she/it will rush
nousbâcleronswe will rush
vousbâclerezyou (pl.) will rush
ils/ellesbâclerontthey will rush

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai bâcléI have rushed
tutu as bâcléyou have rushed
il/elleil/elle a bâcléhe/she/it has rushed
nousnous avons bâcléwe have rushed
vousvous avez bâcléyou (pl.) have rushed
ils/ellesils/elles ont bâcléthey have rushed

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais bâcléI had rushed
tutu avais bâcléyou had rushed
il/elleil/elle avait bâcléhe/she/it had rushed
nousnous avions bâcléwe had rushed
vousvous aviez bâcléyou (pl.) had rushed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient bâcléthey had rushed

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais bâclé
tutu aurais bâclé
il/elleil/elle aurait bâclé
nousnous aurions bâclé
vousvous auriez bâclé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient bâclé

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai bâcléI will have rushed
tutu auras bâcléyou will have rushed
il/elleil/elle aura bâcléhe/she/it will have rushed
nousnous aurons bâcléwe will have rushed
vousvous aurez bâcléyou (pl.) will have rushed
ils/ellesils/elles auront bâcléthey will have rushed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jebâcle
tubâcles
il/ellebâcle
nousbâclions
vousbâcliez
ils/ellesbâclent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jebâclasse
tubâclasses
il/ellebâclât
nousbâclassions
vousbâclassiez
ils/ellesbâclassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tubâcle
nousbâclons
vousbâclez