tâcher

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See also: tacher

French

Etymology

From tâche. From Latin taxāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

tâcher

  1. (intransitive) to try, attempt, endeavour (to do something)
    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.
  2. (transitive) to ensure (que that, + subjunctive)
    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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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