tchatter
French
Alternative forms
Verb
tchatter
Conjugation
Conjugation of tchatter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tchatter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tchattant /tʃa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tchatté /tʃa.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tchatte /tʃat/ |
tchattes /tʃat/ |
tchatte /tʃat/ |
tchattons /tʃa.tɔ̃/ |
tchattez /tʃa.te/ |
tchattent /tʃat/ |
| imperfect | tchattais /tʃa.tɛ/ |
tchattais /tʃa.tɛ/ |
tchattait /tʃa.tɛ/ |
tchattions /tʃa.tjɔ̃/ |
tchattiez /tʃa.tje/ |
tchattaient /tʃa.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tchattai /tʃa.te/ |
tchattas /tʃa.ta/ |
tchatta /tʃa.ta/ |
tchattâmes /tʃa.tam/ |
tchattâtes /tʃa.tat/ |
tchattèrent /tʃa.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | tchatterai /tʃa.tʁe/ |
tchatteras /tʃa.tʁa/ |
tchattera /tʃa.tʁa/ |
tchatterons /tʃa.tʁɔ̃/ |
tchatterez /tʃa.tʁe/ |
tchatteront /tʃa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tchatterais /tʃa.tʁɛ/ |
tchatterais /tʃa.tʁɛ/ |
tchatterait /tʃa.tʁɛ/ |
tchatterions /tʃa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tchatteriez /tʃa.tə.ʁje/ |
tchatteraient /tʃa.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | tchatte /tʃat/ |
tchattes /tʃat/ |
tchatte /tʃat/ |
tchattions /tʃa.tjɔ̃/ |
tchattiez /tʃa.tje/ |
tchattent /tʃat/ |
| imperfect2 | tchattasse /tʃa.tas/ |
tchattasses /tʃa.tas/ |
tchattât /tʃa.ta/ |
tchattassions /tʃa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
tchattassiez /tʃa.ta.sje/ |
tchattassent /tʃa.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tchatte /tʃat/ |
— | tchattons /tʃa.tɔ̃/ |
tchattez /tʃa.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||