planquer — French conjugation

to hide

Frequency#137RegularReflexivese planquer — to hide oneself

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
jeplanqueI hide
tuplanquesyou hide
il/elleplanquehe/she/it hides
nousplanquonswe hide
vousplanquezyou (pl.) hide
ils/ellesplanquentthey hide

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
jeplanquaiI hid
tuplanquasyou hid
il/elleplanquahe/she/it hid
nousplanquâmeswe hid
vousplanquâtesyou (pl.) hid
ils/ellesplanquèrentthey hid

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
jeplanquais
tuplanquais
il/elleplanquait
nousplanquions
vousplanquiez
ils/ellesplanquaient

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
jeplanqueraisI would hide
tuplanqueraisyou would hide
il/elleplanqueraithe/she/it would hide
nousplanquerionswe would hide
vousplanqueriezyou (pl.) would hide
ils/ellesplanqueraientthey would hide

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
jeplanqueraiI will hide
tuplanquerasyou will hide
il/elleplanquerahe/she/it will hide
nousplanqueronswe will hide
vousplanquerezyou (pl.) will hide
ils/ellesplanquerontthey will hide

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 planquéI have hidden
tutu as planquéyou have hidden
il/elleil/elle a planquéhe/she/it has hidden
nousnous avons planquéwe have hidden
vousvous avez planquéyou (pl.) have hidden
ils/ellesils/elles ont planquéthey have hidden

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 planquéI had hidden
tutu avais planquéyou had hidden
il/elleil/elle avait planquéhe/she/it had hidden
nousnous avions planquéwe had hidden
vousvous aviez planquéyou (pl.) had hidden
ils/ellesils/elles avaient planquéthey had hidden

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

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 planquéI will have hidden
tutu auras planquéyou will have hidden
il/elleil/elle aura planquéhe/she/it will have hidden
nousnous aurons planquéwe will have hidden
vousvous aurez planquéyou (pl.) will have hidden
ils/ellesils/elles auront planquéthey will have hidden

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
jeplanque
tuplanques
il/elleplanque
nousplanquions
vousplanquiez
ils/ellesplanquent

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
jeplanquasse
tuplanquasses
il/elleplanquât
nousplanquassions
vousplanquassiez
ils/ellesplanquassent

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
tuplanque
nousplanquons
vousplanquez