Daily Verb Lesson: French verb traverser - French for cross
The French for cross is the regular ER verb traverser.. To remember this, imagine crossing the road is TRAVIS the singer, TRAVERSING it.
Other translations include: to traverse; to cross from one side to another; to go/cross over; to go across; to go/pass through; to run/flow through (ie a river flowing through the countryside). la traversée: crossing;
- faire la traversée: to a make the crossing / to cross on foot
- en travers: to be situated across/in.
- se mettre en travers de ...: to stand in the middle of …
- à travers: through un travers: a mistake, foible, quirk
- de travers: askew, wrongly/the wrong way;
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to cross: traverser
Imagine crossing the road is TRAVIS the singer, TRAVERSING it.
VERB CONJUGATION TABLE traverser
Simple Tenses traverser
TENSE
je/j'
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present Présent cross
traverse
traverses
traverse
traversons
traversez
traversent
Past Imperfect Imparfait crossed
traversais
traversais
traversait
traversions
traversiez
traversaient
Simple Past Passé Simple crossed
traversai
traversas
traversa
traversâmes
traversâtes
traversèrent
Future Futur will cross
traverserai
traverseras
traversera
traverserons
traverserez
traverseront
Conditional Conditionnel would cross
traverserais
traverserais
traverserait
traverserions
traverseriez
traverseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may cross
traverse
traverses
traverse
traversions
traversiez
traversent
Compound Tenses traverser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have crossed
ai traversé
as traversé
a traversé
avons traversé
avez traversé
ont traversé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had crossed
avais traversé
avais traversé
avait traversé
avions traversé
aviez traversé
avaient traversé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have
aurai traversé
auras traversé
aura traversé
aurons traversé
aurez traversé
auront traversé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have crossed
✔ Traverser is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French. ✔
Learn traverser and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs. ✔
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