Learn the French Verb Conjugation for Attraper

In French, the verb attraper  means to catch or to pick up. What if you wanted to say I picked up? Then you would need to conjugate the verb into the past tense, which is either jattrapais or jai attrapà ©. There are, of course, other conjugations for  attraper  which French students will want to know. A quick lesson in transforming it to match the present, future, and past tenses will help. Conjugating the French Verb  Attraper Attraper  is a  regular -ER verb. This means that its relatively easy to conjugate because it follows a prescribed pattern. Once you learn which endings to use, you can apply that knowledge to similar verbs such as  attacher  (to attach) and  blesser (to hurt). In order to find the correct conjugation, use the chart and pair the subject pronoun -- the I, you, we, etc., or in French  j, tu, nous  -- with the appropriate tense for your sentence. For example, I catch is jattrape and we will pick up is nous attraperons. Subject Present Future Imperfect j attrape attraperai attrapais tu attrapes attraperas attrapais il attrape attrapera attrapait nous attrapons attraperons attrapions vous attrapez attraperez attrapiez ils attrapent attraperont attrapaient The Present Participle of  Attraper The  present participle  of attraper  is a verb, but it can also act as an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed. To make this change, we simply replace the -er  with -ant  to form the word attrapant. Another Past Tense of  Attraper You have two options when using attraper  in the past tense. One is the imperfect and the other is  known as passà © composà ©, which is more common and a little easier. In order to use the passà © composà ©, you will need two elements. First, is the appropriate conjugate for  avoir,  which is an  auxiliary verb. Second is the  past participle  attrapà ©Ã‚  and this does not change with the subject pronoun. As an example, to say I picked up in French, you will use jai attrapà ©. In a similar fashion, we caught is nous avons attrapà ©. Notice how the  ai  and  avons  are the conjugates of  avoir. More  Attraper  Conjugations When you are starting out, feel free to concentrate on the present, future, and past tenses of  attraper. As you dive further into French, you may also find a need for some of the following verb forms. You will find the subjunctive and conditional useful when the action is suspect, in question, or uncertain. The passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive are primarily found in formal writing. While these are not common, its good to at least be able to recognize them and associate them with  attraper. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j attrape attraperais attrapai attrapasse tu attrapes attraperais attrapas attrapasses il attrape attraperait attrapa attrapt nous attrapions attraperions attrapmes attrapassions vous attrapiez attraperiez attraptes attrapassiez ils attrapent attraperaient attraprent attrapassent One final verb form is helpful to know and that is the imperative. This is used in direct requests and demands and theres no need to use the pronoun here. Instead of tu attrape, simplify it to attrape. Imperative (tu) attrape (nous) attrapons (vous) attrapez