The French for nod is the verb hocher

one of thousands of conjugated ER verbs

French for nod is the regular ER verb hocher, 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 hocher - French for nod

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of hocher, which is French for nod.

• I nod.
• you nodded.
• he will nod.
• we would nod.
• they may nod.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for hocher, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE hocher
Simple Tenses hocher
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent nod	hoche	hoches	hoche	hochons	hochez	hochent
Past Imperfect Imparfait nodded	hochais	hochais	hochait	hochions	hochiez	hochaient
Simple Past Passé Simple nodded	hochai	hochas	hocha	hochâmes	hochâtes	hochèrent
Future Futur will nod	hocherai	hocheras	hochera	hocherons	hocherez	hocheront
Conditional Conditionnel would nod	hocherais	hocherais	hocherait	hocherions	hocheriez	hocheraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may nod	hoche	hoches	hoche	hochions	hochiez	hochent
Compound Tenses hocher
Present Perfect Passé Composé have nodded	ai hoché	as hoché	a hoché	avons hoché	avez hoché	ont hoché
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had nodded	avais hoché	avais hoché	avait hoché	avions hoché	aviez hoché	avaient hoché
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai hoché	auras hoché	aura hoché	aurons hoché	aurez hoché	auront hoché
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have nodded	aurais hoché	aurais hoché	aurait hoché	aurions hoché	auriez hoché	auraient hoché
Imperative Imperatif nod!		hoche		hochons	hochez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of hocher the French for nod
présent de l’indicatif

je hoche
- I nod
tu hoches
- you nod - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hoche
- he, she, it, one nods
nous hochons
- we nod
vous hochez
- you nod (formal or plural)
ils, elles hochent
- they nod

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
imparfait de l’indicatif

je hochais
- I nodded
- I was nodding
tu hochais
- you nodded- (familiar or informal)
- you were nodding
il, elle, on hochait
- he, she, it, one nodded
- he, she, it, one was nodding
nous hochions
- we nodded
- we were nodding
vous hochiez
- you nodded- (formal or plural)
- you were nodding
ils, elles hochaient
- they nodded
- they were nodding

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
passé simple

je hochai
- I nodded
tu hochas
- you nodded- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hocha
- he, she, it, one nodded
nous hochâmes
- we nodded
vous hochâtes
- you nodded- (formal or plural)
ils, elles hochèrent
they nodded
(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 hocher, the French for nod
futur

je hocherai
- I will nod
tu hocheras
- you will nod (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hochera
- he, she, it, one will nod
nous hocherons
- we will nod
vous hocherez
- you will nod (formal or plural)
ils, elles hocheront
- they will nod

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Conditional Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
conditionnel

je hocherais
- I would nod
tu hocherais
- you would nod (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on hocherait
- he, she, it, one would nod
nous hocherions
- we would nod
vous hocheriez
- you would nod (formal or plural)
ils, elles hocheraient
- they would nod

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
présent de subjonctif

que je hoche
- that I may nod
que tu hoches
- that you may nod(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on hoche
- that he, she, it, one may nod
que nous hochions
- that we may nod
que vous hochiez
- that you may nod(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles hochent
- that they may nod

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb hocher - the verb ‘to nod’ in French

Past Participle of hocher is:
hoché -nodded.

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

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of hocher - French for nod
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of hocher, the French for nod
impératif

hoche
- nod!
hochons
- let’s nod!
hochez
- nod!

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Present Participle of hocher

hochant - nodding

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