parler

[edit] French

parler

(intransitive) to speak or talk.

Il ne s'est mis à parler qu'à l'âge de quatre ans.

Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d'aller se coucher.
(transitive) to be able to communicate in a language; to speak

Elle parle couramment le français. -She speaks French fluently

Conjugation of parler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		parler			avoir parlé
gerund		en parlant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		parlant
past participle		parlé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	parle	parles	parle	parlons	parlez	parlent
	imperfect	parlais	parlais	parlait	parlions	parliez	parlaient
	past historic	parlai	parlas	parla	parlâmes	parlâtes	parlèrent
	future	parlerai	parleras	parlera	parlerons	parlerez	parleront
	conditional	parlerais	parlerais	parlerait	parlerions	parleriez	parleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	parle	parles	parle	parlions	parliez	parlent
simple tenses	imperfect	parlasse	parlasses	parlât	parlassions	parlassiez	parlassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	parle	—	parlons	parlez	—