The French for cane is the verb bâtonner

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French for cane is the regular ER verb bâtonner, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb bâtonner - French for cane

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of bâtonner, which is French for cane.

• I cane.
• you caned.
• he will cane.
• we would cane.
• they may cane.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for bâtonner, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE bâtonner
Simple Tenses bâtonner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent cane	bâtonne	bâtonnes	bâtonne	bâtonnons	bâtonnez	bâtonnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait caned	bâtonnais	bâtonnais	bâtonnait	bâtonnions	bâtonniez	bâtonnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple caned	bâtonnai	bâtonnas	bâtonna	bâtonnâmes	bâtonnâtes	bâtonnèrent
Future Futur will cane	bâtonnerai	bâtonneras	bâtonnera	bâtonnerons	bâtonnerez	bâtonneront
Conditional Conditionnel would cane	bâtonnerais	bâtonnerais	bâtonnerait	bâtonnerions	bâtonneriez	bâtonneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may cane	bâtonne	bâtonnes	bâtonne	bâtonnions	bâtonniez	bâtonnent
Compound Tenses bâtonner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have caned	ai bâtonné	as bâtonné	a bâtonné	avons bâtonné	avez bâtonné	ont bâtonné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had caned	avais bâtonné	avais bâtonné	avait bâtonné	avions bâtonné	aviez bâtonné	avaient bâtonné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai bâtonné	auras bâtonné	aura bâtonné	aurons bâtonné	aurez bâtonné	auront bâtonné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have caned	aurais bâtonné	aurais bâtonné	aurait bâtonné	aurions bâtonné	auriez bâtonné	auraient bâtonné
Imperative Imperatif cane!		bâtonne		bâtonnons	bâtonnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of bâtonner the French for cane
présent de l’indicatif

je bâtonne
- I cane
tu bâtonnes
- you cane - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bâtonne
- he, she, it, one canes
nous bâtonnons
- we cane
vous bâtonnez
- you cane (formal or plural)
ils, elles bâtonnent
- they cane

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
imparfait de l’indicatif

je bâtonnais
- I caned
- I was caning
tu bâtonnais
- you caned- (familiar or informal)
- you were caning
il, elle, on bâtonnait
- he, she, it, one caned
- he, she, it, one was caning
nous bâtonnions
- we caned
- we were caning
vous bâtonniez
- you caned- (formal or plural)
- you were caning
ils, elles bâtonnaient
- they caned
- they were caning

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
passé simple

je bâtonnai
- I caned
tu bâtonnas
- you caned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bâtonna
- he, she, it, one caned
nous bâtonnâmes
- we caned
vous bâtonnâtes
- you caned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles bâtonnèrent
they caned
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
futur

je bâtonnerai
- I will cane
tu bâtonneras
- you will cane (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bâtonnera
- he, she, it, one will cane
nous bâtonnerons
- we will cane
vous bâtonnerez
- you will cane (formal or plural)
ils, elles bâtonneront
- they will cane

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Conditional Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
conditionnel

je bâtonnerais
- I would cane
tu bâtonnerais
- you would cane (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bâtonnerait
- he, she, it, one would cane
nous bâtonnerions
- we would cane
vous bâtonneriez
- you would cane (formal or plural)
ils, elles bâtonneraient
- they would cane

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
présent de subjonctif

que je bâtonne
- that I may cane
que tu bâtonnes
- that you may cane(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on bâtonne
- that he, she, it, one may cane
que nous bâtonnions
- that we may cane
que vous bâtonniez
- that you may cane(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles bâtonnent
- that they may cane

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb bâtonner - the verb ‘to cane’ in French

Past Participle of bâtonner is:
bâtonné -caned.

• I have caned
• you had caned
• he will have caned
• we would have caned

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of bâtonner - French for cane
passé composé

Here’s the French for cane conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai bâtonné
- I have caned or I did cane or
- I caned
tu as bâtonné
- you have caned or you did cane - (familiar or informal) or
- you caned
il, elle, on a bâtonné
- he, she, it, one has cane or did cane
- he, she, it caned
nous avons bâtonné
- we have caned or we did cane
- we caned
vous avez bâtonné
- you have caned or you did cane (formal or plural) or
- or we caned
ils, elles ont bâtonné
- they have caned or they did cane
- they caned

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of bâtonner - cane in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -cane conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais bâtonné
- I had caned
tu avais bâtonné
- you had caned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait bâtonné
- he, she, it, one had caned
nous avions bâtonné
- we had caned
vous aviez bâtonné
- you had caned (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient bâtonné
- they had caned

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
futur antérieur

j’aurai bâtonné
- I will have
tu auras bâtonné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura bâtonné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons bâtonné
- we will have
vous aurez bâtonné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront bâtonné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
conditionnel passé

j’aurais bâtonné
- I would have caned
tu aurais bâtonné
- you would have caned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait bâtonné
- he, she, it, one would have caned
nous aurions bâtonné
- we would have caned
vous auriez bâtonné
- you would have caned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient bâtonné
- they would have caned

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Imperative Tense conjugations of bâtonner, the French for cane
impératif

bâtonne
- cane!
bâtonnons
- let’s cane!
bâtonnez
- cane!

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Present Participle of bâtonner

bâtonnant - caning

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