saquer — French conjugation

to take out

Frequency#672Regular

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
jesaqueI take out
tusaquesyou take out
il/ellesaquehe/she/it takes out
noussaquonswe take out
voussaquezyou (pl.) take out
ils/ellessaquentthey take out

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
jesaquaiI took out
tusaquasyou took out
il/ellesaquahe/she/it took out
noussaquâmeswe took out
voussaquâtesyou (pl.) took out
ils/ellessaquèrentthey took out

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
jesaquais
tusaquais
il/ellesaquait
noussaquions
voussaquiez
ils/ellessaquaient

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
jesaqueraisI would take out
tusaqueraisyou would take out
il/ellesaqueraithe/she/it would take out
noussaquerionswe would take out
voussaqueriezyou (pl.) would take out
ils/ellessaqueraientthey would take out

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
jesaqueraiI will take out
tusaquerasyou will take out
il/ellesaquerahe/she/it will take out
noussaqueronswe will take out
voussaquerezyou (pl.) will take out
ils/ellessaquerontthey will take out

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 saquéI have taken out
tutu as saquéyou have taken out
il/elleil/elle a saquéhe/she/it has taken out
nousnous avons saquéwe have taken out
vousvous avez saquéyou (pl.) have taken out
ils/ellesils/elles ont saquéthey have taken out

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 saquéI had taken out
tutu avais saquéyou had taken out
il/elleil/elle avait saquéhe/she/it had taken out
nousnous avions saquéwe had taken out
vousvous aviez saquéyou (pl.) had taken out
ils/ellesils/elles avaient saquéthey had taken out

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

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 saquéI will have taken out
tutu auras saquéyou will have taken out
il/elleil/elle aura saquéhe/she/it will have taken out
nousnous aurons saquéwe will have taken out
vousvous aurez saquéyou (pl.) will have taken out
ils/ellesils/elles auront saquéthey will have taken out

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
jesaque
tusaques
il/ellesaque
noussaquions
voussaquiez
ils/ellessaquent

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
jesaquasse
tusaquasses
il/ellesaquât
noussaquassions
voussaquassiez
ils/ellessaquassent

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
tusaque
noussaquons
voussaquez