The French for fail is the verb échouer
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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb échouer - French for fail
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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of échouer, which is French for fail.
- I fail.
- you failed.
- he will fail.
- we would fail.
- they may fail.
The Verb Conjugation Tables below for échouer, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.
VERB CONJUGATION TABLE échouer |
Simple Tenses échouer |
TENSE |
je/j’ |
tu |
il |
nous |
vous |
ils |
Present Présent fail |
échoue |
échoues |
échoue |
échouons |
échouez |
échouent |
Past Imperfect Imparfait failed |
échouais |
échouais |
échouait |
échouions |
échouiez |
échouaient |
Simple Past Passé Simple failed |
échouai |
échouas |
échoua |
échouâmes |
échouâtes |
échouèrent |
Future Futur will fail |
échouerai |
échoueras |
échouera |
échouerons |
échouerez |
échoueront |
Conditional Conditionnel would fail |
échouerais |
échouerais |
échouerait |
échouerions |
échoueriez |
échoueraient |
Subjunctive Subjonctif may fail |
échoue |
échoues |
échoue |
échouions |
échouiez |
échouent |
Compound Tenses échouer |
Present Perfect Passé Composé have failed |
ai échoué |
as échoué |
a échoué |
avons échoué |
avez échoué |
ont échoué |
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had failed |
avais échoué |
avais échoué |
avait échoué |
avions échoué |
aviez échoué |
avaient échoué |
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have |
aurai échoué |
auras échoué |
aura échoué |
aurons échoué |
aurez échoué |
auront échoué |
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have failed |
aurais échoué |
aurais échoué |
aurait échoué |
aurions échoué |
auriez échoué |
auraient échoué |
Imperative Imperatif fail! |
|
échoue |
|
échouons |
échouez |
|
Present Indicative Tense conjugations of échouer the French for fail
présent de l’indicatif
je échoue
- I fail
tu échoues
- you fail - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on échoue
- he, she, it, one fails
nous échouons
- we fail
vous échouez
- you fail (formal or plural)
ils, elles échouent
- they fail
Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
imparfait de l’indicatif
je échouais
- I failed
- I was failing
tu échouais
- you failed- (familiar or informal)
- you were failing
il, elle, on échouait
- he, she, it, one failed
- he, she, it, one was failing
nous échouions
- we failed
- we were failing
vous échouiez
- you failed- (formal or plural)
- you were failing
ils, elles échouaient
- they failed
- they were failing
Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
passé simple
je échouai
- I failed
tu échouas
- you failed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on échoua
- he, she, it, one failed
nous échouâmes
- we failed
vous échouâtes
- you failed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles échouèrent
they failed
(The
passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).
Future Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
futur
je échouerai
- I will fail
tu échoueras
- you will fail (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on échouera
- he, she, it, one will fail
nous échouerons
- we will fail
vous échouerez
- you will fail (formal or plural)
ils, elles échoueront
- they will fail
Conditional Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
conditionnel
je échouerais
- I would fail
tu échouerais
- you would fail (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on échouerait
- he, she, it, one would fail
nous échouerions
- we would fail
vous échoueriez
- you would fail (formal or plural)
ils, elles échoueraient
- they would fail
Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
présent de subjonctif
que je échoue
- that I may fail
que tu échoues
- that you may fail(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on échoue
- that he, she, it, one may fail
que nous échouions
- that we may fail
que vous échouiez
- that you may fail(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles échouent
- that they may fail
The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb échouer - the verb ‘to fail’ in French
Past Participle of échouer is:
échoué -failed.
It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of
avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.
- I have failed
- you had failed
- he will have failed
- we would have failed
Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of échouer - French for fail
passé composé
Here’s the French for fail conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai échoué
- I have failed or I did fail or
- I failed
tu as échoué
- you have failed or you did fail - (familiar or informal) or
- you failed
il, elle, on a échoué
- he, she, it, one has fail or did fail
- he, she, it failed
nous avons échoué
- we have failed or we did fail
- we failed
vous avez échoué
- you have failed or you did fail (formal or plural) or
- or we failed
ils, elles ont échoué
- they have failed or they did fail
- they failed
Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of échouer - fail in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif
Here’s the French for -fail conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais échoué
- I had failed
tu avais échoué
- you had failed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait échoué
- he, she, it, one had failed
nous avions échoué
- we had failed
vous aviez échoué
- you had failed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient échoué
- they had failed
Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
futur antérieur
j’aurai échoué
- I will have
tu auras échoué
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura échoué
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons échoué
- we will have
vous aurez échoué
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront échoué
- they will have
Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
conditionnel passé
j’aurais échoué
- I would have failed
tu aurais échoué
- you would have failed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait échoué
- he, she, it, one would have failed
nous aurions échoué
- we would have failed
vous auriez échoué
- you would have failed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient échoué
- they would have failed
Imperative Tense conjugations of échouer, the French for fail
impératif
échoue
- fail!
échouons
- let’s fail!
échouez
- fail!
Present Participle
of échouer
échouant - failing
Menu of Conjugated French verbs like échouer the French for fail
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