évoquer — French conjugation

to evoke

Frequency#228Regular

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
jeévoqueI evoke
tuévoquesyou evoke
il/elleévoquehe/she/it evokes
nousévoquonswe evoke
vousévoquezyou (pl.) evoke
ils/ellesévoquentthey evoke

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
jeévoquaiI evoked
tuévoquasyou evoked
il/elleévoquahe/she/it evoked
nousévoquâmeswe evoked
vousévoquâtesyou (pl.) evoked
ils/ellesévoquèrentthey evoked

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
jeévoquais
tuévoquais
il/elleévoquait
nousévoquions
vousévoquiez
ils/ellesévoquaient

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
jeévoqueraisI would evoke
tuévoqueraisyou would evoke
il/elleévoqueraithe/she/it would evoke
nousévoquerionswe would evoke
vousévoqueriezyou (pl.) would evoke
ils/ellesévoqueraientthey would evoke

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
jeévoqueraiI will evoke
tuévoquerasyou will evoke
il/elleévoquerahe/she/it will evoke
nousévoqueronswe will evoke
vousévoquerezyou (pl.) will evoke
ils/ellesévoquerontthey will evoke

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 évoquéI have evoked
tutu as évoquéyou have evoked
il/elleil/elle a évoquéhe/she/it has evoked
nousnous avons évoquéwe have evoked
vousvous avez évoquéyou (pl.) have evoked
ils/ellesils/elles ont évoquéthey have evoked

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 évoquéI had evoked
tutu avais évoquéyou had evoked
il/elleil/elle avait évoquéhe/she/it had evoked
nousnous avions évoquéwe had evoked
vousvous aviez évoquéyou (pl.) had evoked
ils/ellesils/elles avaient évoquéthey had evoked

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

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 évoquéI will have evoked
tutu auras évoquéyou will have evoked
il/elleil/elle aura évoquéhe/she/it will have evoked
nousnous aurons évoquéwe will have evoked
vousvous aurez évoquéyou (pl.) will have evoked
ils/ellesils/elles auront évoquéthey will have evoked

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
jeévoque
tuévoques
il/elleévoque
nousévoquions
vousévoquiez
ils/ellesévoquent

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
jeévoquasse
tuévoquasses
il/elleévoquât
nousévoquassions
vousévoquassiez
ils/ellesévoquassent

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
tuévoque
nousévoquons
vousévoquez