charrier — French conjugation

to carry

Frequency#1632Regular

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
jecharrieI carry
tucharriesyou carry
il/ellecharriehe/she/it carries
nouscharrionswe carry
vouscharriezyou (pl.) carry
ils/ellescharrientthey carry

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
jecharriaiI carried
tucharriasyou carried
il/ellecharriahe/she/it carried
nouscharriâmeswe carried
vouscharriâtesyou (pl.) carried
ils/ellescharrièrentthey carried

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
jecharriais
tucharriais
il/ellecharriait
nouscharriions
vouscharriiez
ils/ellescharriaient

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
jecharrieraisI would carry
tucharrieraisyou would carry
il/ellecharrieraithe/she/it would carry
nouscharrierionswe would carry
vouscharrieriezyou (pl.) would carry
ils/ellescharrieraientthey would carry

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
jecharrieraiI will carry
tucharrierasyou will carry
il/ellecharrierahe/she/it will carry
nouscharrieronswe will carry
vouscharrierezyou (pl.) will carry
ils/ellescharrierontthey will carry

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 charriéI have carried
tutu as charriéyou have carried
il/elleil/elle a charriéhe/she/it has carried
nousnous avons charriéwe have carried
vousvous avez charriéyou (pl.) have carried
ils/ellesils/elles ont charriéthey have carried

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 charriéI had carried
tutu avais charriéyou had carried
il/elleil/elle avait charriéhe/she/it had carried
nousnous avions charriéwe had carried
vousvous aviez charriéyou (pl.) had carried
ils/ellesils/elles avaient charriéthey had carried

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

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 charriéI will have carried
tutu auras charriéyou will have carried
il/elleil/elle aura charriéhe/she/it will have carried
nousnous aurons charriéwe will have carried
vousvous aurez charriéyou (pl.) will have carried
ils/ellesils/elles auront charriéthey will have carried

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
jecharrie
tucharries
il/ellecharrie
nouscharriions
vouscharriiez
ils/ellescharrient

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
jecharriasse
tucharriasses
il/ellecharriât
nouscharriassions
vouscharriassiez
ils/ellescharriassent

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
tucharrie
nouscharrions
vouscharriez