How Is Bavarder (to Chat) Conjugated in French

The French verb  bavarder  means to chat. Its slightly less formal than  parler (to talk)  and a very useful word to add to your vocabulary. When you want to use  bavarder  in the past tense to say chatted or in the present tense for chatting, you will need to conjugate the verb. Follow this French lesson and youll be chatting in French with ease. Conjugating the French Verb  Bavarder Bavarder  is a  regular -ER verb  and it follows the standard verb conjugation patterns of similar words like  parler  (to talk)  and  dà ©clarer  (to declare). This means that once you memorize the endings for one verb, the rest will be just a little bit easier. To conjugate French verbs, we change the ending to match the subject pronoun as well as the tense. This is in contrast to English where the -ed and -ing endings are used whether were talking about I, you, or we. It makes memorizing the verbs a challenge, but it gets easier with practice and repetition. Using the chart, you can quickly find the appropriate conjugation of  bavarder. To say Im  chatting, you will use je  bavarde and we will chat is nous bavarderons. Subject Present Future Imperfect je bavarde bavarderai bavardais tu bavardes bavarderas bavardais il bavarde bavardera bavardait nous bavardons bavarderons bavardions vous bavardez bavarderez bavardiez ils bavardent bavarderont bavardaient The Present Participle of  Bavarder When you change the -er  ending of  bavarder  to -ant, you will create the  present participle  bavardant. This is used as a verb, though it can be helpful as an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed. Another  Bavarder  Past Tense Beyond the imperfect, you can also use the  passà © composà ©Ã‚  to express  bavarder  in the past tense. To do so, you need an  auxiliary verb  as well as the  past participle. For  barvarder,  avoir  is the auxiliary verb and it needs to be conjugated.  Bavardà ©Ã‚  is the past participle and it does not change as the subject does. For instance, I chatted is jai bavardà © while we chatted is nous avons bavardà ©. More Simple Conjugations of  Bavarder The following conjugations are not as common and you may or may not use them. This is particularly true of the passà © simple and the imperfect subjunctive  as both are used most often in formal writing. The other two verb forms are more common and you might find them useful in French conversations. They both imply a level of question to the action of chatting, with the subjunctive being subjective and the conditional dependent on circumstances. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je bavarde bavarderais bavardai bavardasse tu bavardes bavarderais bavardas bavardasses il bavarde bavarderait bavarda bavardt nous bavardions bavarderions bavardmes bavardassions vous bavardiez bavarderiez bavardtes bavardassiez ils bavardent bavarderaient bavardrent bavardassent The imperative may be helpful as well. This form is used for assertive and short statements such as commands and requests. When using the imperative, skip the subject pronoun and simply use the verb: bavarde rather than tu bavarde. Imperative (tu) bavarde (nous) bavardons (vous) bavardez