fantasmer — French conjugation

to fantasise

Frequency#1081Regular

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
jefantasmeI fantasize
tufantasmesyou fantasize
il/ellefantasmehe/she/it fantasizes
nousfantasmonswe fantasize
vousfantasmezyou (pl.) fantasize
ils/ellesfantasmentthey fantasize

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
jefantasmaiI fantasized
tufantasmasyou fantasized
il/ellefantasmahe/she/it fantasized
nousfantasmâmeswe fantasized
vousfantasmâtesyou (pl.) fantasized
ils/ellesfantasmèrentthey fantasized

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
jefantasmais
tufantasmais
il/ellefantasmait
nousfantasmions
vousfantasmiez
ils/ellesfantasmaient

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
jefantasmeraisI would fantasize
tufantasmeraisyou would fantasize
il/ellefantasmeraithe/she/it would fantasize
nousfantasmerionswe would fantasize
vousfantasmeriezyou (pl.) would fantasize
ils/ellesfantasmeraientthey would fantasize

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
jefantasmeraiI will fantasize
tufantasmerasyou will fantasize
il/ellefantasmerahe/she/it will fantasize
nousfantasmeronswe will fantasize
vousfantasmerezyou (pl.) will fantasize
ils/ellesfantasmerontthey will fantasize

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 fantasméI have fantasized
tutu as fantasméyou have fantasized
il/elleil/elle a fantasméhe/she/it has fantasized
nousnous avons fantasméwe have fantasized
vousvous avez fantasméyou (pl.) have fantasized
ils/ellesils/elles ont fantasméthey have fantasized

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 fantasméI had fantasized
tutu avais fantasméyou had fantasized
il/elleil/elle avait fantasméhe/she/it had fantasized
nousnous avions fantasméwe had fantasized
vousvous aviez fantasméyou (pl.) had fantasized
ils/ellesils/elles avaient fantasméthey had fantasized

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

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 fantasméI will have fantasized
tutu auras fantasméyou will have fantasized
il/elleil/elle aura fantasméhe/she/it will have fantasized
nousnous aurons fantasméwe will have fantasized
vousvous aurez fantasméyou (pl.) will have fantasized
ils/ellesils/elles auront fantasméthey will have fantasized

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
jefantasme
tufantasmes
il/ellefantasme
nousfantasmions
vousfantasmiez
ils/ellesfantasment

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
jefantasmasse
tufantasmasses
il/ellefantasmât
nousfantasmassions
vousfantasmassiez
ils/ellesfantasmassent

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
tufantasme
nousfantasmons
vousfantasmez