se gâter — French conjugation

to go bad, take a turn for the worse (ça se gâte)

RegularReflexivegâter → se gâter

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
jeme gâte
tute gâtes
il/ellese gâte
nousnous gâtons
vousvous gâtez
ils/ellesse gâtent

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
jeme gâtai
tute gâtas
il/ellese gâta
nousnous gâtâmes
vousvous gâtâtes
ils/ellesse gâtèrent

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
jeme gâtais
tute gâtais
il/ellese gâtait
nousnous gâtions
vousvous gâtiez
ils/ellesse gâtaient

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
jeme gâterais
tute gâterais
il/ellese gâterait
nousnous gâterions
vousvous gâteriez
ils/ellesse gâteraient

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
jeme gâterai
tute gâteras
il/ellese gâtera
nousnous gâterons
vousvous gâterez
ils/ellesse gâteront

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
jeme gâte
tute gâtes
il/ellese gâte
nousnous gâtions
vousvous gâtiez
ils/ellesse gâtent

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
jeme gâtasse
tute gâtasses
il/ellese gâtât
nousnous gâtassions
vousvous gâtassiez
ils/ellesse gâtassent