French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | efface | effaçais | effacerai | effacerais | efface | effaçasse | ||
| tu | effaces | effaçais | effaceras | effacerais | effaces | effaçasses | ||
| il | efface | effaçait | effacera | effacerait | efface | effaçât | ||
| nous | effaçons | effacions | effacerons | effacerions | effacions | effaçassions | ||
| vous | effacez | effaciez | effacerez | effaceriez | effaciez | effaçassiez | ||
| ils | effacent | effaçaient | effaceront | effaceraient | effacent | effaçassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai effacé | avais effacé | aurai effacé | aurais effacé | aie effacé | eusse effacé | ||
| tu | as effacé | avais effacé | auras effacé | aurais effacé | aies effacé | eusses effacé | ||
| il | a effacé | avait effacé | aura effacé | aurait effacé | ait effacé | eût effacé | ||
| nous | avons effacé | avions effacé | aurons effacé | aurions effacé | ayons effacé | eussions effacé | ||
| vous | avez effacé | aviez effacé | aurez effacé | auriez effacé | ayez effacé | eussiez effacé | ||
| ils | ont effacé | avaient effacé | auront effacé | auraient effacé | aient effacé | eussent effacé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | effaçai | eus effacé | (tu) | efface | Present | effaçant | ||
| tu | effaças | eus effacé | (nous) | effaçons | Past | effacé | ||
| il | effaça | eut effacé | (vous) | effacez | Perfect | ayant effacé | ||
| nous | effaçâmes | eûmes effacé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | effaçâtes | eûtes effacé | (tu) | aie effacé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | effacèrent | eurent effacé | (nous) | ayons effacé | avoir effacé | |||
| (vous) | ayez effacé | |||||||
Effacer is a spelling change verb.

Verb conjugation tables for more than 1,600 French verbs in all the simple and compound tenses and moods.
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