Learn How to Conjugate Manquer (to Miss) in French

When you want to say missed or missing in French, youll use the verb  manquer. However, to get that past or present tense, a conjugation is required and this lesson will show you how thats done. The Basic Conjugations of  Manquer Manquer is a regular -er verb so it follows the conjugation pattern that most French verbs use. For instance, words like  pratiquer (to practice) and rà ªver (to dream) use the same endings youll use for manquer. Studying a few of these at the same time makes each a little easier to remember. Once you know that the verb stem (or radical) for  manquer  is  manqu-, you can add the appropriate endings. This first chart covers the indicative mood and the basic present, future, and imperfect past tenses. All you need to do is match the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense for your subject. This gives you results such as  je manque  for I am missing and  nous manquions  for we missed. Present Future Imperfect je manque manquerai manquais tu manques manqueras manquais il manque manquera manquait nous manquons manquerons manquions vous manquez manquerez manquiez ils manquent manqueront manquaient The Present Participle of  Manquer For regular -er verbs, the  present participle  is formed with an  -ant  ending. This gives you the word  manquant. Manquer  in the Compound Past Tense The past tense can be either the imperfect or the  passà © composà ©Ã‚  in French. For the latter, youll need the  past participle  manquà ©Ã‚  and the present tense conjugate of  the auxiliary verb  avoir.   Forming this compound is quite simple. For example, I missed is  jai manquà ©Ã‚  and we missed is  nous avons manquà ©. More Simple Conjugations of  Manquer Among the other basic conjugations you may need for manquer are the subjunctive and the conditional. The former is useful when you dont know if the act of missing will happen or not. The latter is for those times when the act is dependent on certain conditions. Though theyre used less frequently, it is still good to know the passà © simple  and  the imperfect subjunctive. These are literary tenses which youll encounter most often in written French, especially formal literature. Subjunctive Conditional Passà © Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je manque manquerais manquai manquasse tu manques manquerais manquas manquasses il manque manquerait manqua manquà ¢t nous manquions manquerions manquà ¢mes manquassions vous manquiez manqueriez manquà ¢tes manquassiez ils manquent manqueraient manquà ¨rent manquassent The French imperative  gets right to the point and these assertive statements do not require the subject pronoun. Instead of  tu manque, you can simply say  manque. Imperative (tu) manque (nous) manquons (vous) manquez