casquer — French conjugation

to fork out, to pay up

Frequency#897Regular

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
jecasqueI fork out
tucasquesyou fork out
il/ellecasquehe/she/it forks out
nouscasquonswe fork out
vouscasquezyou (pl.) fork out
ils/ellescasquentthey fork out

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
jecasquaiI forked out
tucasquasyou forked out
il/ellecasquahe/she/it forked out
nouscasquâmeswe forked out
vouscasquâtesyou (pl.) forked out
ils/ellescasquèrentthey forked out

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
jecasquais
tucasquais
il/ellecasquait
nouscasquions
vouscasquiez
ils/ellescasquaient

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
jecasqueraisI would fork out
tucasqueraisyou would fork out
il/ellecasqueraithe/she/it would fork out
nouscasquerionswe would fork out
vouscasqueriezyou (pl.) would fork out
ils/ellescasqueraientthey would fork out

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
jecasqueraiI will fork out
tucasquerasyou will fork out
il/ellecasquerahe/she/it will fork out
nouscasqueronswe will fork out
vouscasquerezyou (pl.) will fork out
ils/ellescasquerontthey will fork out

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 casquéI have forked out
tutu as casquéyou have forked out
il/elleil/elle a casquéhe/she/it has forked out
nousnous avons casquéwe have forked out
vousvous avez casquéyou (pl.) have forked out
ils/ellesils/elles ont casquéthey have forked out

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 casquéI had forked out
tutu avais casquéyou had forked out
il/elleil/elle avait casquéhe/she/it had forked out
nousnous avions casquéwe had forked out
vousvous aviez casquéyou (pl.) had forked out
ils/ellesils/elles avaient casquéthey had forked out

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

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 casquéI will have forked out
tutu auras casquéyou will have forked out
il/elleil/elle aura casquéhe/she/it will have forked out
nousnous aurons casquéwe will have forked out
vousvous aurez casquéyou (pl.) will have forked out
ils/ellesils/elles auront casquéthey will have forked out

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
jecasque
tucasques
il/ellecasque
nouscasquions
vouscasquiez
ils/ellescasquent

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
jecasquasse
tucasquasses
il/ellecasquât
nouscasquassions
vouscasquassiez
ils/ellescasquassent

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
tucasque
nouscasquons
vouscasquez