The French for work is the regular ER verb travailler. Sounds like TRAV-A-YAY. (It can also be use when something is troubling you, niggling at your mind. un doute te travaille - a doubt is worrying you.)
To remember this, imagine John TRAVOLTA works with a TREVALLY fish.
Related words include: bosser to work (slang);
- le travailleur: worker
- travailler à: to work at something; travailler à plein temps: full-time
- le travailleur à temps partiel: part-time worker;
- le/la travailliste: Labour Party member of parliament
- travailliste: belonging to the Labour Party
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to work: travailler
Imagine John TRAVOLTA works with a TREVALLY fish.
VERB CONJUGATION TABLE travailler
Simple Tenses travailler
TENSE
je/j'
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present Présent work
travaille
travailles
travaille
travaillons
travaillez
travaillent
Past Imperfect Imparfait worked
travaillais
travaillais
travaillait
travaillions
travailliez
travaillaient
Simple Past Passé Simple worked
travaillai
travaillas
travailla
travaillâmes
travaillâtes
travaillèrent
Future Futur will work
travaillerai
travailleras
travaillera
travaillerons
travaillerez
travailleront
Conditional Conditionnel would work
travaillerais
travaillerais
travaillerait
travaillerions
travailleriez
travailleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may work
travaille
travailles
travaille
travaillions
travailliez
travaillent
Compound Tenses travailler
Present Perfect Passé Composé have worked
ai travaillé
as travaillé
a travaillé
avons travaillé
avez travaillé
ont travaillé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had worked
avais travaillé
avais travaillé
avait travaillé
avions travaillé
aviez travaillé
avaient travaillé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have
aurai travaillé
auras travaillé
aura travaillé
aurons travaillé
aurez travaillé
auront travaillé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have worked
✔ Travailler is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French. ✔
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