échauffer — French conjugation
to warm up
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | échauffe | I warm up |
| tu | échauffes | you warm up |
| il/elle | échauffe | he/she/it warms up |
| nous | échauffons | we warm up |
| vous | échauffez | you (pl.) warm up |
| ils/elles | échauffent | they warm up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | échauffai | I warmed up |
| tu | échauffas | you warmed up |
| il/elle | échauffa | he/she/it warmed up |
| nous | échauffâmes | we warmed up |
| vous | échauffâtes | you (pl.) warmed up |
| ils/elles | échauffèrent | they warmed up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | échauffais |
| tu | échauffais |
| il/elle | échauffait |
| nous | échauffions |
| vous | échauffiez |
| ils/elles | échauffaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | échaufferais | I would warm up |
| tu | échaufferais | you would warm up |
| il/elle | échaufferait | he/she/it would warm up |
| nous | échaufferions | we would warm up |
| vous | échaufferiez | you (pl.) would warm up |
| ils/elles | échaufferaient | they would warm up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | échaufferai | I will warm up |
| tu | échaufferas | you will warm up |
| il/elle | échauffera | he/she/it will warm up |
| nous | échaufferons | we will warm up |
| vous | échaufferez | you (pl.) will warm up |
| ils/elles | échaufferont | they will warm up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai échauffé | I have warmed up |
| tu | tu as échauffé | you have warmed up |
| il/elle | il/elle a échauffé | he/she/it has warmed up |
| nous | nous avons échauffé | we have warmed up |
| vous | vous avez échauffé | you (pl.) have warmed up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont échauffé | they have warmed up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais échauffé | I had warmed up |
| tu | tu avais échauffé | you had warmed up |
| il/elle | il/elle avait échauffé | he/she/it had warmed up |
| nous | nous avions échauffé | we had warmed up |
| vous | vous aviez échauffé | you (pl.) had warmed up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient échauffé | they had warmed up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais échauffé |
| tu | tu aurais échauffé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait échauffé |
| nous | nous aurions échauffé |
| vous | vous auriez échauffé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient échauffé |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai échauffé | I will have warmed up |
| tu | tu auras échauffé | you will have warmed up |
| il/elle | il/elle aura échauffé | he/she/it will have warmed up |
| nous | nous aurons échauffé | we will have warmed up |
| vous | vous aurez échauffé | you (pl.) will have warmed up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront échauffé | they will have warmed up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | échauffe |
| tu | échauffes |
| il/elle | échauffe |
| nous | échauffions |
| vous | échauffiez |
| ils/elles | échauffent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | échauffasse |
| tu | échauffasses |
| il/elle | échauffât |
| nous | échauffassions |
| vous | échauffassiez |
| ils/elles | échauffassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | échauffe |
| nous | échauffons |
| vous | échauffez |