Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Introduction to the verb choper
The English translation of the French verb choper is “to catch” or “to grab”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “sho-pay”.
The word choper comes from the colloquial French word “chopiner” which means “to seize” or “to grab”. It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Passé Composé tense, which is the equivalent of the Present Perfect tense in English.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense, with their respective English translations:
- J’ai chopé le ballon au vol. (I caught the ball in mid-air.)
- Nous avons chopé un taxi pour aller à l’aéroport. (We caught a taxi to go to the airport.)
- Tu as chopé un rhume après ta soirée hier soir. (You caught a cold after your party last night.)
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of choper
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai chopé | J’ai chopé un rhume. | I caught a cold. |
tu | as chopé | Tu as chopé le train. | You caught the train. |
il | a chopé | Il a chopé un poisson. | He caught a fish. |
elle | a chopé | Elle a chopé un virus. | She caught a virus. |
on | a chopé | On a chopé une balle. | We caught a ball. |
nous | avons chopé | Nous avons chopé un taxi. | We caught a taxi. |
vous | avez chopé | Vous avez chopé le bus. | You caught the bus. |
ils | ont chopé | Ils ont chopé une grippe. | They caught the flu. |
elles | ont chopé | Elles ont chopé des moustiques. | They caught mosquitoes. |
Other Conjugations for Choper.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb choper
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Choper – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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