lâcher — French conjugation

to let go

Frequency#958RegularReflexivese lâcher — to let oneself go

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.

PronounFrench
jelâche
tulâches
il/ellelâche
nouslâchons
vouslâchez
ils/elleslâchent

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.

PronounFrench
jelâchai
tulâchas
il/ellelâcha
nouslâchâmes
vouslâchâtes
ils/elleslâchèrent

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
jelâchais
tulâchais
il/ellelâchait
nouslâchions
vouslâchiez
ils/elleslâchaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jelâcherais
tulâcherais
il/ellelâcherait
nouslâcherions
vouslâcheriez
ils/elleslâcheraient

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.

PronounFrench
jelâcherai
tulâcheras
il/ellelâchera
nouslâcherons
vouslâcherez
ils/elleslâcheront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai lâché
tutu as lâché
il/elleil/elle a lâché
nousnous avons lâché
vousvous avez lâché
ils/ellesils/elles ont lâché

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais lâché
tutu avais lâché
il/elleil/elle avait lâché
nousnous avions lâché
vousvous aviez lâché
ils/ellesils/elles avaient lâché

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

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai lâché
tutu auras lâché
il/elleil/elle aura lâché
nousnous aurons lâché
vousvous aurez lâché
ils/ellesils/elles auront lâché

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
jelâche
tulâches
il/ellelâche
nouslâchions
vouslâchiez
ils/elleslâchent

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
jelâchasse
tulâchasses
il/ellelâchât
nouslâchassions
vouslâchassiez
ils/elleslâchassent

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
tulâche
nouslâchons
vouslâchez