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tâcher
tâcher
See also: tacher
French
Verb
tâcher
- (intransitive) to try, attempt, endeavour (to do something)
- Tâchez de partir avant le matin. Try to leave before morning.
- (transitive) to ensure (que that, + subjunctive)
- Tâche qu'elle vienne. Make sure she comes.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tâcher | avoir tâché | |||||
| gerund | en tâchant | en ayant tâché | |||||
| present participle | tâchant /tɑ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tâché /tɑ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tâche /tɑʃ/ |
tâches /tɑʃ/ |
tâche /tɑʃ/ |
tâchons /tɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
tâchez /tɑ.ʃe/ |
tâchent /tɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | tâchais /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
tâchais /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
tâchait /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
tâchions /tɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tâchiez /tɑ.ʃje/ |
tâchaient /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tâchai /tɑ.ʃe/ |
tâchas /tɑ.ʃa/ |
tâcha /tɑ.ʃa/ |
tâchâmes /tɑ.ʃam/ |
tâchâtes /tɑ.ʃat/ |
tâchèrent /tɑ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | tâcherai /tɑʃ.ʁe/ |
tâcheras /tɑʃ.ʁa/ |
tâchera /tɑʃ.ʁa/ |
tâcherons /tɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tâcherez /tɑʃ.ʁe/ |
tâcheront /tɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tâcherais /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tâcherais /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tâcherait /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tâcherions /tɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tâcheriez /tɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
tâcheraient /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 | tâche /tɑʃ/ |
tâches /tɑʃ/ |
tâche /tɑʃ/ |
tâchions /tɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tâchiez /tɑ.ʃje/ |
tâchent /tɑʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
tâchasse /tɑ.ʃas/ |
tâchasses /tɑ.ʃas/ |
tâchât /tɑ.ʃa/ |
tâchassions /tɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
tâchassiez /tɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
tâchassent /tɑ.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tâche /tɑʃ/ |
— | tâchons /tɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
tâchez /tɑ.ʃe/ |
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