The French for hit is the verb frapper

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

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So, if you want to know how to say hit in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb frapper - French for hit

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of frapper, which is French for hit.

• I hit.
• you hit.
• he will hit.
• we would hit.
• they may hit.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for frapper, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE frapper
Simple Tenses frapper
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent hit	frappe	frappes	frappe	frappons	frappez	frappent
Past Imperfect Imparfait hit	frappais	frappais	frappait	frappions	frappiez	frappaient
Simple Past Passé Simple hit	frappai	frappas	frappa	frappâmes	frappâtes	frappèrent
Future Futur will hit	frapperai	frapperas	frappera	frapperons	frapperez	frapperont
Conditional Conditionnel would hit	frapperais	frapperais	frapperait	frapperions	frapperiez	frapperaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may hit	frappe	frappes	frappe	frappions	frappiez	frappent
Compound Tenses frapper
Present Perfect Passé Composé have hit	ai frappé	as frappé	a frappé	avons frappé	avez frappé	ont frappé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had hit	avais frappé	avais frappé	avait frappé	avions frappé	aviez frappé	avaient frappé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai frappé	auras frappé	aura frappé	aurons frappé	aurez frappé	auront frappé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have hit	aurais frappé	aurais frappé	aurait frappé	aurions frappé	auriez frappé	auraient frappé
Imperative Imperatif hit!		frappe		frappons	frappez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of frapper the French for hit
présent de l’indicatif

je frappe
- I hit
tu frappes
- you hit - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frappe
- he, she, it, one hits
nous frappons
- we hit
vous frappez
- you hit (formal or plural)
ils, elles frappent
- they hit

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
imparfait de l’indicatif

je frappais
- I hit
- I was hitting
tu frappais
- you hit- (familiar or informal)
- you were hitting
il, elle, on frappait
- he, she, it, one hit
- he, she, it, one was hitting
nous frappions
- we hit
- we were hitting
vous frappiez
- you hit- (formal or plural)
- you were hitting
ils, elles frappaient
- they hit
- they were hitting

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
passé simple

je frappai
- I hit
tu frappas
- you hit- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frappa
- he, she, it, one hit
nous frappâmes
- we hit
vous frappâtes
- you hit- (formal or plural)
ils, elles frappèrent
they hit
(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 frapper, the French for hit
futur

je frapperai
- I will hit
tu frapperas
- you will hit (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frappera
- he, she, it, one will hit
nous frapperons
- we will hit
vous frapperez
- you will hit (formal or plural)
ils, elles frapperont
- they will hit

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Conditional Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
conditionnel

je frapperais
- I would hit
tu frapperais
- you would hit (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on frapperait
- he, she, it, one would hit
nous frapperions
- we would hit
vous frapperiez
- you would hit (formal or plural)
ils, elles frapperaient
- they would hit

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
présent de subjonctif

que je frappe
- that I may hit
que tu frappes
- that you may hit(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on frappe
- that he, she, it, one may hit
que nous frappions
- that we may hit
que vous frappiez
- that you may hit(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles frappent
- that they may hit

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb frapper - the verb ‘to hit’ in French

Past Participle of frapper is:
frappé -hit.

The past participle is combined with the tenses of avoir, to make the compounds. Four are in common use.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of frapper - French for hit
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of frapper, the French for hit
impératif

frappe
- hit!
frappons
- let’s hit!
frappez
- hit!

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Present Participle of frapper

frappant - hitting

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