Daily Verb Lesson: French for explain is expliquer
The French for explain is the regular ER verb expliquer.To remember this, imagine a professor says, "I need to EXPLAIN why the future is EXtremely BLEAK, AYE!"
expliquer can also mean; to account for; to analyse.
Related words include:
- expliquer à (v) : to explain to.
- s'expliquer (quelque chose) (vr) : explain oneself / to understand (something).
- l'explication (de) (nf) : explanation (for).
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Imagine a professor says, "I need to explain why the future is EXtremely BLEAK, AYE!"
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent explain |
explique | expliques | explique | expliquons | expliquez | expliquent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait explained |
expliquais | expliquais | expliquait | expliquions | expliquiez | expliquaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple explained |
expliquai | expliquas | expliqua | expliquâmes | expliquâtes | expliquèrent |
| Future Futur will explain |
expliquerai | expliqueras | expliquera | expliquerons | expliquerez | expliqueront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would explain |
expliquerais | expliquerais | expliquerait | expliquerions | expliqueriez | expliqueraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may explain |
explique | expliques | explique | expliquions | expliquiez | expliquent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have explained |
ai expliqué | as expliqué | a expliqué | avons expliqué | avez expliqué | ont expliqué |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had explained |
avais expliqué | avais expliqué | avait expliqué | avions expliqué | aviez expliqué | avaient expliqué |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have explained |
aurai expliqué | auras expliqué | aura expliqué | aurons expliqué | aurez expliqué | auront expliqué |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've explained |
aurais expliqué | aurais expliqué | aurait expliqué | aurions expliqué | auriez expliqueé | auraient expliqué |
| Imperative Imperatif explain! |
explique! | expliquons! | expliquez! | |||
✔ Expliquer is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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