tâcher
See also: tacher
French
Etymology
From tâche. From Latin taxāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ʃe/ ~ /tɑ.ʃe/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: tacher
Verb
tâcher
- (intransitive) to try, attempt, endeavour [with de (+ infinitive)]
- Tâchez de partir avant le matin.
- Try to leave before morning.
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 3, scene 5:
- Tâchez d'en faire autant pour soulager vos peines / Et songez toutes deux que vous êtes Romaines
- Endeavor to do as such to relieve your grief / And both of you recall that you are Roman women.
- (transitive) to ensure [with que (+ subjunctive clause)]
- Tâche qu'elle vienne. ― Make sure she comes.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tâcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tâchant /ta.ʃɑ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tâché /ta.ʃe/ or /tɑ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tâche /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
tâches /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
tâche /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
tâchons /ta.ʃɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
tâchez /ta.ʃe/ or /tɑ.ʃe/ |
tâchent /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
| imperfect | tâchais /ta.ʃɛ/ or /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
tâchais /ta.ʃɛ/ or /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
tâchait /ta.ʃɛ/ or /tɑ.ʃɛ/ |
tâchions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tâchiez /ta.ʃje/ or /tɑ.ʃje/ |
tâchaient /ta.ʃɛ/ or /tɑ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tâchai /ta.ʃe/ or /tɑ.ʃe/ |
tâchas /ta.ʃa/ or /tɑ.ʃa/ |
tâcha /ta.ʃa/ or /tɑ.ʃa/ |
tâchâmes /ta.ʃam/ or /tɑ.ʃam/ |
tâchâtes /ta.ʃat/ or /tɑ.ʃat/ |
tâchèrent /ta.ʃɛʁ/ or /tɑ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | tâcherai /taʃ.ʁe/ or /tɑʃ.ʁe/ |
tâcheras /taʃ.ʁa/ or /tɑʃ.ʁa/ |
tâchera /taʃ.ʁa/ or /tɑʃ.ʁa/ |
tâcherons /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /tɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tâcherez /taʃ.ʁe/ or /tɑʃ.ʁe/ |
tâcheront /taʃ.ʁɔ̃/ or /tɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tâcherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/ or /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tâcherais /taʃ.ʁɛ/ or /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tâcherait /taʃ.ʁɛ/ or /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ |
tâcherions /ta.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tâcheriez /ta.ʃə.ʁje/ or /tɑ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
tâcheraient /taʃ.ʁɛ/ or /tɑʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tâche /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
tâches /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
tâche /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
tâchions /ta.ʃjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
tâchiez /ta.ʃje/ or /tɑ.ʃje/ |
tâchent /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | tâchasse /ta.ʃas/ or /tɑ.ʃas/ |
tâchasses /ta.ʃas/ or /tɑ.ʃas/ |
tâchât /ta.ʃa/ or /tɑ.ʃa/ |
tâchassions /ta.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
tâchassiez /ta.ʃa.sje/ or /tɑ.ʃa.sje/ |
tâchassent /ta.ʃas/ or /tɑ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tâche /taʃ/ or /tɑʃ/ |
— | tâchons /ta.ʃɔ̃/ or /tɑ.ʃɔ̃/ |
tâchez /ta.ʃe/ or /tɑ.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “tâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "tâcher"