manquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mancare, derived from manco (“maimed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
manquer
- (followed by preposition de) to lack, to be lacking in
- Je manque de temps. ― I don't have enough time.
- (with the preposition à or indirect object, intransitive) to be missed by/to be lacking to, to miss out
- Tu me manques.
- I miss you.
- (literally, “You are missed by me./You are lacking to me.”)
- (transitive) to miss, to fail
- J'ai manqué mon train.
- I missed my train.
- J'ai manqué mon train.
Conjugation
Conjugation of manquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | manquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | manquant /mɑ̃.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | manqué /mɑ̃.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manques /mɑ̃k/ |
manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manquons /mɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
manquez /mɑ̃.ke/ |
manquent /mɑ̃k/ |
imperfect | manquais /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
manquais /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
manquait /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
manquions /mɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
manquiez /mɑ̃.kje/ |
manquaient /mɑ̃.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | manquai /mɑ̃.ke/ |
manquas /mɑ̃.ka/ |
manqua /mɑ̃.ka/ |
manquâmes /mɑ̃.kam/ |
manquâtes /mɑ̃.kat/ |
manquèrent /mɑ̃.kɛʁ/ | |
future | manquerai /mɑ̃.kʁe/ |
manqueras /mɑ̃.kʁa/ |
manquera /mɑ̃.kʁa/ |
manquerons /mɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
manquerez /mɑ̃.kʁe/ |
manqueront /mɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | manquerais /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
manquerais /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
manquerait /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
manquerions /mɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
manqueriez /mɑ̃.kə.ʁje/ |
manqueraient /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manques /mɑ̃k/ |
manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manquions /mɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
manquiez /mɑ̃.kje/ |
manquent /mɑ̃k/ |
imperfect2 | manquasse /mɑ̃.kas/ |
manquasses /mɑ̃.kas/ |
manquât /mɑ̃.ka/ |
manquassions /mɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
manquassiez /mɑ̃.ka.sje/ |
manquassent /mɑ̃.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | manque /mɑ̃k/ |
— | manquons /mɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
manquez /mɑ̃.ke/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Dutch: mankeren
- → Russian: манкировать (mankirovatʹ)
Further reading
- “manquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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