Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Introduction to the verb formater
The English translation of the French verb “formater” is “to format.” The infinitive form of “formater” is pronounced as “for-ma-te.”
The word “formater” comes from the English term “format” and is widely used in everyday French to refer to the action of formatting, particularly in the context of technology or data manipulation.
Examples:
- J’ai besoin de formater mon ordinateur. (I need to format my computer.)
- Il faut formater la clé USB avant de l’utiliser. (You need to format the USB key before using it.)
- Pourriez-vous formater ce document au format PDF ? (Could you format this document as a PDF?)
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Formater – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of formater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | je formate | Je formate mon ordinateur. | I format my computer. |
Tu | tu formates | Tu formates ton téléphone. | You format your phone. |
Il | il formate | Il formate le disque dur. | He formats the hard drive. |
Elle | elle formate | Elle formate sa clé USB. | She formats her USB drive. |
On | on formate | On formate les fichiers. | One formats the files. |
Nous | nous formatons | Nous formatons les documents. | We format the documents. |
Vous | vous formatez | Vous formatez la carte mémoire. | You format the memory card. |
Ils | ils formatent | Ils formatent les dossiers. | They format the folders. |
Elles | elles formatent | Elles formatent les disquettes. | They format the floppy disks. |
Other Conjugations for Formater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb formater (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
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