French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | herche | herchais | hercherai | hercherais | herche | herchasse | ||
| tu | herches | herchais | hercheras | hercherais | herches | herchasses | ||
| il | herche | herchait | herchera | hercherait | herche | herchât | ||
| nous | herchons | herchions | hercherons | hercherions | herchions | herchassions | ||
| vous | herchez | herchiez | hercherez | hercheriez | herchiez | herchassiez | ||
| ils | herchent | herchaient | hercheront | hercheraient | herchent | herchassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai herché | avais herché | aurai herché | aurais herché | aie herché | eusse herché | ||
| tu | as herché | avais herché | auras herché | aurais herché | aies herché | eusses herché | ||
| il | a herché | avait herché | aura herché | aurait herché | ait herché | eût herché | ||
| nous | avons herché | avions herché | aurons herché | aurions herché | ayons herché | eussions herché | ||
| vous | avez herché | aviez herché | aurez herché | auriez herché | ayez herché | eussiez herché | ||
| ils | ont herché | avaient herché | auront herché | auraient herché | aient herché | eussent herché | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | herchai | eus herché | (tu) | herche | Present | herchant | ||
| tu | herchas | eus herché | (nous) | herchons | Past | herché | ||
| il | hercha | eut herché | (vous) | herchez | Perfect | ayant herché | ||
| nous | herchâmes | eûmes herché | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | herchâtes | eûtes herché | (tu) | aie herché | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | herchèrent | eurent herché | (nous) | ayons herché | avoir herché | |||
| (vous) | ayez herché | |||||||
Hercher is a regular -er verb that begins with h aspiré.
Alternate spelling: herscher

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When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a vowel or h muet, that consonant might be transferred onto the next word. This is called a liaison and it’s one of the aspects of French pronunciation that can make it difficult to determine where one word ends and the next begins.