The French for talk is the verb parler

one of thousands of conjugated ER verbs

French for talk is the regular ER verb parler, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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So, if you want to know how to say talk 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 parler - French for talk

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of parler, which is French for talk.

• I talk.
• you talked.
• he will talk.
• we would talk.
• they may talk.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE parler
Simple Tenses parler
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent talk	parle	parles	parle	parlons	parlez	parlent
Past Imperfect Imparfait talked	parlais	parlais	parlait	parlions	parliez	parlaient
Simple Past Passé Simple talked	parlai	parlas	parla	parlâmes	parlâtes	parlèrent
Future Futur will talk	parlerai	parleras	parlera	parlerons	parlerez	parleront
Conditional Conditionnel would talk	parlerais	parlerais	parlerait	parlerions	parleriez	parleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may talk	parle	parles	parle	parlions	parliez	parlent
Compound Tenses parler
Present Perfect Passé Composé have talked	ai parlé	as parlé	a parlé	avons parlé	avez parlé	ont parlé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had talked	avais parlé	avais parlé	avait parlé	avions parlé	aviez parlé	avaient parlé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai parlé	auras parlé	aura parlé	aurons parlé	aurez parlé	auront parlé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have talked	aurais parlé	aurais parlé	aurait parlé	aurions parlé	auriez parlé	auraient parlé
Imperative Imperatif talk!		parle		parlons	parlez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of parler the French for talk
présent de l’indicatif

je parle
- I talk
tu parles
- you talk - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on parle
- he, she, it, one talks
nous parlons
- we talk
vous parlez
- you talk (formal or plural)
ils, elles parlent
- they talk

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
imparfait de l’indicatif

je parlais
- I talked
- I was talking
tu parlais
- you talked- (familiar or informal)
- you were talking
il, elle, on parlait
- he, she, it, one talked
- he, she, it, one was talking
nous parlions
- we talked
- we were talking
vous parliez
- you talked- (formal or plural)
- you were talking
ils, elles parlaient
- they talked
- they were talking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
passé simple

je parlai
- I talked
tu parlas
- you talked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on parla
- he, she, it, one talked
nous parlâmes
- we talked
vous parlâtes
- you talked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles parlèrent
they talked
(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 parler, the French for talk
futur

je parlerai
- I will talk
tu parleras
- you will talk (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on parlera
- he, she, it, one will talk
nous parlerons
- we will talk
vous parlerez
- you will talk (formal or plural)
ils, elles parleront
- they will talk

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Conditional Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
conditionnel

je parlerais
- I would talk
tu parlerais
- you would talk (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on parlerait
- he, she, it, one would talk
nous parlerions
- we would talk
vous parleriez
- you would talk (formal or plural)
ils, elles parleraient
- they would talk

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
présent de subjonctif

que je parle
- that I may talk
que tu parles
- that you may talk(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on parle
- that he, she, it, one may talk
que nous parlions
- that we may talk
que vous parliez
- that you may talk(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles parlent
- that they may talk

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb parler - the verb ‘to talk’ in French

Past Participle of parler is:
parlé -talked.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of parler - French for talk
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of parler, the French for talk
impératif

parle
- talk!
parlons
- let’s talk!
parlez
- talk!

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Present Participle of parler

parlant - talking

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