The French for chatter is the verb bavarder

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French for chatter is the regular ER verb bavarder, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb bavarder - French for chatter

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of bavarder, which is French for chatter.

• I chatter.
• you chattered.
• he will chatter.
• we would chatter.
• they may chatter.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for bavarder, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE bavarder
Simple Tenses bavarder
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent chatter	bavarde	bavardes	bavarde	bavardons	bavardez	bavardent
Past Imperfect Imparfait chattered	bavardais	bavardais	bavardait	bavardions	bavardiez	bavardaient
Simple Past Passé Simple chattered	bavardai	bavardas	bavarda	bavardâmes	bavardâtes	bavardèrent
Future Futur will chatter	bavarderai	bavarderas	bavardera	bavarderons	bavarderez	bavarderont
Conditional Conditionnel would chatter	bavarderais	bavarderais	bavarderait	bavarderions	bavarderiez	bavarderaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may chatter	bavarde	bavardes	bavarde	bavardions	bavardiez	bavardent
Compound Tenses bavarder
Present Perfect Passé Composé have chattered	ai bavardé	as bavardé	a bavardé	avons bavardé	avez bavardé	ont bavardé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had chattered	avais bavardé	avais bavardé	avait bavardé	avions bavardé	aviez bavardé	avaient bavardé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai bavardé	auras bavardé	aura bavardé	aurons bavardé	aurez bavardé	auront bavardé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have chattered	aurais bavardé	aurais bavardé	aurait bavardé	aurions bavardé	auriez bavardé	auraient bavardé
Imperative Imperatif chatter!		bavarde		bavardons	bavardez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of bavarder the French for chatter
présent de l’indicatif

je bavarde
- I chatter
tu bavardes
- you chatter - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bavarde
- he, she, it, one chatters
nous bavardons
- we chatter
vous bavardez
- you chatter (formal or plural)
ils, elles bavardent
- they chatter

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
imparfait de l’indicatif

je bavardais
- I chattered
- I was chattering
tu bavardais
- you chattered- (familiar or informal)
- you were chattering
il, elle, on bavardait
- he, she, it, one chattered
- he, she, it, one was chattering
nous bavardions
- we chattered
- we were chattering
vous bavardiez
- you chattered- (formal or plural)
- you were chattering
ils, elles bavardaient
- they chattered
- they were chattering

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
passé simple

je bavardai
- I chattered
tu bavardas
- you chattered- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bavarda
- he, she, it, one chattered
nous bavardâmes
- we chattered
vous bavardâtes
- you chattered- (formal or plural)
ils, elles bavardèrent
they chattered
(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 bavarder, the French for chatter
futur

je bavarderai
- I will chatter
tu bavarderas
- you will chatter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bavardera
- he, she, it, one will chatter
nous bavarderons
- we will chatter
vous bavarderez
- you will chatter (formal or plural)
ils, elles bavarderont
- they will chatter

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Conditional Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
conditionnel

je bavarderais
- I would chatter
tu bavarderais
- you would chatter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on bavarderait
- he, she, it, one would chatter
nous bavarderions
- we would chatter
vous bavarderiez
- you would chatter (formal or plural)
ils, elles bavarderaient
- they would chatter

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
présent de subjonctif

que je bavarde
- that I may chatter
que tu bavardes
- that you may chatter(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on bavarde
- that he, she, it, one may chatter
que nous bavardions
- that we may chatter
que vous bavardiez
- that you may chatter(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles bavardent
- that they may chatter

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb bavarder - the verb ‘to chatter’ in French

Past Participle of bavarder is:
bavardé -chattered.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of bavarder - French for chatter
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of bavarder, the French for chatter
impératif

bavarde
- chatter!
bavardons
- let’s chatter!
bavardez
- chatter!

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Present Participle of bavarder

bavardant - chattering

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