se hâter — French conjugation

to hurry, hasten

RegularReflexivehâter → se hâter

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
jem'hâte
tut'hâtes
il/elles'hâte
nousnous hâtons
vousvous hâtez
ils/elless'hâtent

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
jem'hâtai
tut'hâtas
il/elles'hâta
nousnous hâtâmes
vousvous hâtâtes
ils/elless'hâtèrent

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
jem'hâtais
tut'hâtais
il/elles'hâtait
nousnous hâtions
vousvous hâtiez
ils/elless'hâtaient

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
jem'hâterais
tut'hâterais
il/elles'hâterait
nousnous hâterions
vousvous hâteriez
ils/elless'hâteraient

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
jem'hâterai
tut'hâteras
il/elles'hâtera
nousnous hâterons
vousvous hâterez
ils/elless'hâteront

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
jem'hâte
tut'hâtes
il/elles'hâte
nousnous hâtions
vousvous hâtiez
ils/elless'hâtent

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
jem'hâtasse
tut'hâtasses
il/elles'hâtât
nousnous hâtassions
vousvous hâtassiez
ils/elless'hâtassent