Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Introduction to the verb pêcher
The English translation of the French verb pêcher is “to fish.” It is pronounced as “peh-shay.”
The language origin of pêcher is from the Latin word “piscari” meaning “to fish.” In everyday French, pêcher is most often used to refer to the act of fishing, but it can also be used in a figurative sense to mean “to make a mistake” or “to err.”
Example 1: Je vais pêcher demain matin. (I am going fishing tomorrow morning.)
Example 2: Il a pêché un gros poisson aujourd’hui. (He caught a big fish today.)
Example 3: Pêcher dans les eaux troubles peut causer des problèmes. (Fishing in troubled waters can cause problems.)
Pêcher – 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 pêcher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | pêche | Je pêche tous les weekends. | I fish every weekend. |
tu | pêches | Tu pêches avec ton père. | You fish with your father. |
il | pêche | Il pêche dans la rivière. | He fishes in the river. |
elle | pêche | Elle pêche depuis qu’elle est petite. | She has been fishing since she was little. |
on | pêche | On pêche beaucoup en été. | We/They fish a lot in the summer. |
nous | pêchons | Nous pêchons en bateau. | We fish on a boat. |
vous | pêchez | Vous pêchez avec une canne à pêche. | You fish with a fishing rod. |
ils | pêchent | Ils pêchent pour leur dîner. | They fish for their dinner. |
elles | pêchent | Elles pêchent dans l’océan. | They fish in the ocean. |
Other Conjugations for Pêcher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher (this article)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb pêcher
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