baguer — French conjugation

to frame

Frequency#799Regular

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
jebagueI frame
tubaguesyou frame
il/ellebaguehe/she/it frames
nousbaguonswe frame
vousbaguezyou (pl.) frame
ils/ellesbaguentthey frame

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
jebaguaiI framed
tubaguasyou framed
il/ellebaguahe/she/it framed
nousbaguâmeswe framed
vousbaguâtesyou (pl.) framed
ils/ellesbaguèrentthey framed

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
jebaguais
tubaguais
il/ellebaguait
nousbaguions
vousbaguiez
ils/ellesbaguaient

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
jebagueraisI would frame
tubagueraisyou would frame
il/ellebagueraithe/she/it would frame
nousbaguerionswe would frame
vousbagueriezyou (pl.) would frame
ils/ellesbagueraientthey would frame

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
jebagueraiI will frame
tubaguerasyou will frame
il/ellebaguerahe/she/it will frame
nousbagueronswe will frame
vousbaguerezyou (pl.) will frame
ils/ellesbaguerontthey will frame

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 baguéI have framed
tutu as baguéyou have framed
il/elleil/elle a baguéhe/she/it has framed
nousnous avons baguéwe have framed
vousvous avez baguéyou (pl.) have framed
ils/ellesils/elles ont baguéthey have framed

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 baguéI had framed
tutu avais baguéyou had framed
il/elleil/elle avait baguéhe/she/it had framed
nousnous avions baguéwe had framed
vousvous aviez baguéyou (pl.) had framed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient baguéthey had framed

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 bagué
tutu aurais bagué
il/elleil/elle aurait bagué
nousnous aurions bagué
vousvous auriez bagué
ils/ellesils/elles auraient bagué

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 baguéI will have framed
tutu auras baguéyou will have framed
il/elleil/elle aura baguéhe/she/it will have framed
nousnous aurons baguéwe will have framed
vousvous aurez baguéyou (pl.) will have framed
ils/ellesils/elles auront baguéthey will have framed

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
jebague
tubagues
il/ellebague
nousbaguions
vousbaguiez
ils/ellesbaguent

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
jebaguasse
tubaguasses
il/ellebaguât
nousbaguassions
vousbaguassiez
ils/ellesbaguassent

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
tubague
nousbaguons
vousbaguez