The French for look for is the verb chercher

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French for look for is the regular ER verb chercher, 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 chercher - French for look for

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of chercher, which is French for look for.

• I look for.
• you looked for.
• he will look for.
• we would look for.
• they may look for.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for chercher, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE chercher
Simple Tenses chercher
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent look for	cherche	cherches	cherche	cherchons	cherchez	cherchent
Past Imperfect Imparfait looked for	cherchais	cherchais	cherchait	cherchions	cherchiez	cherchaient
Simple Past Passé Simple looked for	cherchai	cherchas	chercha	cherchâmes	cherchâtes	cherchèrent
Future Futur will look for	chercherai	chercheras	cherchera	chercherons	chercherez	chercheront
Conditional Conditionnel would look for	chercherais	chercherais	chercherait	chercherions	chercheriez	chercheraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may look for	cherche	cherches	cherche	cherchions	cherchiez	cherchent
Compound Tenses chercher
Present Perfect Passé Composé have looked for	ai cherché	as cherché	a cherché	avons cherché	avez cherché	ont cherché
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had looked for	avais cherché	avais cherché	avait cherché	avions cherché	aviez cherché	avaient cherché
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai cherché	auras cherché	aura cherché	aurons cherché	aurez cherché	auront cherché
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have looked for	aurais cherché	aurais cherché	aurait cherché	aurions cherché	auriez cherché	auraient cherché
Imperative Imperatif look for!		cherche		cherchons	cherchez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of chercher the French for look for
présent de l’indicatif

je cherche
- I look for
tu cherches
- you look for - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cherche
- he, she, it, one looks for
nous cherchons
- we look for
vous cherchez
- you look for (formal or plural)
ils, elles cherchent
- they look for

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
imparfait de l’indicatif

je cherchais
- I looked for
- I was looking for
tu cherchais
- you looked for- (familiar or informal)
- you were looking for
il, elle, on cherchait
- he, she, it, one looked for
- he, she, it, one was looking for
nous cherchions
- we looked for
- we were looking for
vous cherchiez
- you looked for- (formal or plural)
- you were looking for
ils, elles cherchaient
- they looked for
- they were looking for

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
passé simple

je cherchai
- I looked for
tu cherchas
- you looked for- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on chercha
- he, she, it, one looked for
nous cherchâmes
- we looked for
vous cherchâtes
- you looked for- (formal or plural)
ils, elles cherchèrent
they looked for
(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 chercher, the French for look for
futur

je chercherai
- I will look for
tu chercheras
- you will look for (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on cherchera
- he, she, it, one will look for
nous chercherons
- we will look for
vous chercherez
- you will look for (formal or plural)
ils, elles chercheront
- they will look for

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Conditional Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
conditionnel

je chercherais
- I would look for
tu chercherais
- you would look for (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on chercherait
- he, she, it, one would look for
nous chercherions
- we would look for
vous chercheriez
- you would look for (formal or plural)
ils, elles chercheraient
- they would look for

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
présent de subjonctif

que je cherche
- that I may look for
que tu cherches
- that you may look for(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on cherche
- that he, she, it, one may look for
que nous cherchions
- that we may look for
que vous cherchiez
- that you may look for(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles cherchent
- that they may look for

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb chercher - the verb ‘to look for’ in French

Past Participle of chercher is:
cherché -looked for.

• I have looked for
• you had looked for
• he will have looked for
• we would have looked for

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of chercher - French for look for
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of chercher - look for in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of chercher, the French for look for
impératif

cherche
- look for!
cherchons
- let’s look for!
cherchez
- look for!

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Present Participle of chercher

cherchant - looking for

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like chercher the French for look for

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