Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Introduction to the verb embaucher
The English translation of the French verb embaucher is “to hire” or “to employ”. It is pronounced as ahm-boh-shay.
The word embaucher comes from the Old French word “baucher”, meaning “to load a pack animal”. It was later adapted to mean “to hire” in the 17th century.
In everyday French, embaucher is most often used in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense to talk about a completed action of hiring someone in the past.
Examples:
- J’ai embauché un nouvel employé hier. (I hired a new employee yesterday.)
- L’entreprise a embauché plus de 100 personnes l’année dernière. (The company hired more than 100 people last year.)
- Nous avons décidé d’embaucher une femme pour équilibrer notre équipe. (We decided to hire a woman to balance our team.)
In these examples, embaucher is used to talk about a specific action of hiring that has already taken place in the past. The action is completed and has an impact on the present.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of embaucher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai embauché | J’ai embauché un nouvel employé. | I hired a new employee. |
tu | as embauché | Tu as embauché ton ami. | You hired your friend. |
il | a embauché | Il a embauché une nouvelle secrétaire. | He hired a new secretary. |
elle | a embauché | Elle a embauché un nouveau graphiste. | She hired a new graphic designer. |
on | a embauché | On a embauché un nouveau chef de projet. | We hired a new project manager. |
nous | avons embauché | Nous avons embauché deux nouveaux employés. | We hired two new employees. |
vous | avez embauché | Vous avez embauché une nouvelle équipe. | You hired a new team. |
ils | ont embauché | Ils ont embauché un nouvel ingénieur. | They hired a new engineer. |
elles | ont embauché | Elles ont embauché de nouveaux stagiaires. | They hired new interns. |
Other Conjugations for Embaucher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embaucher
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Embaucher – 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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