Simple Inquiéter (to Worry) French Verb Conjugations

The verb  inquià ©ter  means to worry in French. When you need to say worried or worrying, the verb will need to be conjugated to fit the tense. This is not one of ​the easiest French verb conjugations, but a quick lesson will show you how its done in the simplest and most common forms. Conjugating the French Verb  Inquià ©ter Inquià ©ter  is a  stem-changing verb, which is why its a little tricky. The pronunciation may not change, but the spelling does and you need to pay attention. Thats because in some forms, the acute à © changes to a grave à ¨. Youll also find that in the future and conditional tenses, either accented E is acceptable. Beyond that minor (but important) spelling change,  inquià ©ter  is conjugated like regular -er  verbs, which is the most common conjugation pattern found in French. That makes things just a little easier, especially if youre studied any of these verbs before. To conjugate  inquià ©ter, pair the subject pronoun with the desired tense of your sentence. For instance, I worry is jinquià ©te and we will worry is either nous inquià ©terons or nous inquià ¨terons. Subject Present Future Imperfect j inquite inquiteraiinquiterai inquitais tu inquites inquiterasinquiteras inquitais il inquite inquiterainquitera inquitait nous inquitons inquiteronsinquiterons inquitions vous inquitez inquiterezinquiterez inquitiez ils inquitent inquiterontinquiteront inquitaient The Present Participle of  Inquià ©ter The  present participle  inquià ©tant  can be a verb as well as an adjective, gerund, or noun depending on the context.   The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © To form the common past tense known as the  passà © composà ©, the  past participle  inquià ©tà ©Ã‚  is required. To complete this form, you will also need the subject pronoun and appropriate conjugation of the  auxiliary verb  avoir. As an example, I worried becomes jai inquià ©tà © while we worried is nous avons  inquià ©tà ©. More Simple  Inquià ©ter  Conjugations to Know When the act of worrying is somehow questionable or uncertain, the subjunctive verb mood may be used. Likewise, if theres no guarantee that the worrying will happen unless something else also occurs, use the conditional verb mood. The literary tenses of the passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive are common in formal writing. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j inquite inquiteraisinquiterais inquitai inquitasse tu inquites inquiteraisinquiterais inquitas inquitasses il inquite inquiteraitinquiterait inquita inquitt nous inquitions inquiterionsinquiterions inquitmes inquitassions vous inquitiez inquiteriezinquiteriez inquittes inquitassiez ils inquitent inquiteraientinquiteraient inquitrent inquitassent There is no need to include the subject pronoun in the imperative verb form of inquià ©ter. Thats because this is used in demands and requests that are meant to be short and direct. Instead of tu inquià ©te, use inquià ©te alone. Imperative (tu) inquite (nous) inquitons (vous) inquitez