French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | crache | crachais | cracherai | cracherais | crache | crachasse | ||
| tu | craches | crachais | cracheras | cracherais | craches | crachasses | ||
| il | crache | crachait | crachera | cracherait | crache | crachât | ||
| nous | crachons | crachions | cracherons | cracherions | crachions | crachassions | ||
| vous | crachez | crachiez | cracherez | cracheriez | crachiez | crachassiez | ||
| ils | crachent | crachaient | cracheront | cracheraient | crachent | crachassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai craché | avais craché | aurai craché | aurais craché | aie craché | eusse craché | ||
| tu | as craché | avais craché | auras craché | aurais craché | aies craché | eusses craché | ||
| il | a craché | avait craché | aura craché | aurait craché | ait craché | eût craché | ||
| nous | avons craché | avions craché | aurons craché | aurions craché | ayons craché | eussions craché | ||
| vous | avez craché | aviez craché | aurez craché | auriez craché | ayez craché | eussiez craché | ||
| ils | ont craché | avaient craché | auront craché | auraient craché | aient craché | eussent craché | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | crachai | eus craché | (tu) | crache | Present | crachant | ||
| tu | crachas | eus craché | (nous) | crachons | Past | craché | ||
| il | cracha | eut craché | (vous) | crachez | Perfect | ayant craché | ||
| nous | crachâmes | eûmes craché | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | crachâtes | eûtes craché | (tu) | aie craché | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | crachèrent | eurent craché | (nous) | ayons craché | avoir craché | |||
| (vous) | ayez craché | |||||||
Cracher is a regular -er verb.

The passé composé is the most important French past tense, and just to make things interesting, it has three possible English equivalents.


The mountain of French verb conjugations you have to learn can be overwhelming – even just in the classroom where you have plenty of time to think about the correct response. Once you start talking to people in the real world, trying to figure out the appropriate verb conjugation can leave you speechless – literally. So what’s the solution? Learn, then practice, practice, practice!
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