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chercher
chercher
French
Verb
chercher
- (transitive) to look for, to seek
- Je cherche du boulot.
- I'm looking for some work.
- Je cherche du boulot.
- (intransitive, followed by à) to look (to do something)
- Chercher à expliquer ce phénomène.
- Look to explain this phenomenon.
- Chercher à expliquer ce phénomène.
- (transitive, slang) to mess with someone, ask for trouble
- Tu me cherches ou quoi ?
Conjugation
Conjugation of chercher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chercher | avoir cherché | |||||
| gerund | en cherchant | en ayant cherché | |||||
| present participle | cherchant /ʃɛʁ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cherché /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherches /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherchons /ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
cherchez /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
cherchent /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | cherchais /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
cherchais /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
cherchait /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
cherchions /ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cherchiez /ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ |
cherchaient /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cherchai /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
cherchas /ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
chercha /ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
cherchâmes /ʃɛʁ.ʃam/ |
cherchâtes /ʃɛʁ.ʃat/ |
cherchèrent /ʃɛʁ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | chercherai /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
chercheras /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
cherchera /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
chercherons /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
chercherez /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
chercheront /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chercherais /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
chercherais /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
chercherait /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
chercherions /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chercheriez /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
chercheraient /ʃɛʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherches /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
cherchions /ʃɛʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
cherchiez /ʃɛʁ.ʃje/ |
cherchent /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
cherchasse /ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
cherchasses /ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
cherchât /ʃɛʁ.ʃa/ |
cherchassions /ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
cherchassiez /ʃɛʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
cherchassent /ʃɛʁ.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cherche /ʃɛʁʃ/ |
— | cherchons /ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
cherchez /ʃɛʁ.ʃe/ |
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Derived terms
- chercher la merde
Middle French
Verb
chercher
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of chercher
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chercher | avoir cherché | |||||
| gerund | en cherchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cherchant | ||||||
| past participle | cherché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche | cherches | cherche | cherchons | cherchez | cherchent |
| imperfect | cherchois, cherchoys | cherchois, cherchoys | cherchoit, cherchoyt | cherchions, cherchyons | cherchiez, cherchyez | cherchoient, cherchoyent | |
| past historic | chercha | cherchas | chercha | cherchasmes | cherchastes | chercherent | |
| future | chercherai, chercheray | chercheras | cherchera | chercherons | chercherez | chercheront | |
| conditional | chercherois, chercheroys | chercherois, chercheroys | chercheroit, chercheroyt | chercherions, chercheryons | chercheriez, chercheryez | chercheroient, chercheroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | cherche | cherches | cherche | cherchons | cherchez | cherchent |
| imperfect | cherchasse | cherchasses | cherchast | cherchassions | cherchassiez | cherchassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | cherche | — | cherchons | cherchez | — | ||