farcir — French conjugation

to stuff; to put stuffing in something

Frequency#1122Regular

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
jefarcisI stuff
tufarcisyou stuff
il/ellefarcithe/she/it stuffs
nousfarcissonswe stuff
vousfarcissezyou (pl.) stuff
ils/ellesfarcissentthey stuff

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
jefarcisI stuffed
tufarcisyou stuffed
il/ellefarcithe/she/it stuffed
nousfarcîmeswe stuffed
vousfarcîtesyou (pl.) stuffed
ils/ellesfarcirentthey stuffed

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
jefarcissais
tufarcissais
il/ellefarcissait
nousfarcissions
vousfarcissiez
ils/ellesfarcissaient

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
jefarciraisI would stuff
tufarciraisyou would stuff
il/ellefarciraithe/she/it would stuff
nousfarcirionswe would stuff
vousfarciriezyou (pl.) would stuff
ils/ellesfarciraientthey would stuff

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
jefarciraiI will stuff
tufarcirasyou will stuff
il/ellefarcirahe/she/it will stuff
nousfarcironswe will stuff
vousfarcirezyou (pl.) will stuff
ils/ellesfarcirontthey will stuff

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 farciI have stuffed
tutu as farciyou have stuffed
il/elleil/elle a farcihe/she/it has stuffed
nousnous avons farciwe have stuffed
vousvous avez farciyou (pl.) have stuffed
ils/ellesils/elles ont farcithey have stuffed

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 farciI had stuffed
tutu avais farciyou had stuffed
il/elleil/elle avait farcihe/she/it had stuffed
nousnous avions farciwe had stuffed
vousvous aviez farciyou (pl.) had stuffed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient farcithey had stuffed

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

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 farciI will have stuffed
tutu auras farciyou will have stuffed
il/elleil/elle aura farcihe/she/it will have stuffed
nousnous aurons farciwe will have stuffed
vousvous aurez farciyou (pl.) will have stuffed
ils/ellesils/elles auront farcithey will have stuffed

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
jefarcisse
tufarcisses
il/ellefarcisse
nousfarcissions
vousfarcissiez
ils/ellesfarcissent

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
jefarcisse
tufarcisses
il/ellefarcît
nousfarcissions
vousfarcissiez
ils/ellesfarcissent

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
tufarcis
nousfarcissons
vousfarcissez