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manquer
manquer
French
Verb
manquer
- (followed by preposition de) to lack, to be lacking in
- Je manque de temps.
- I don't have enough time.
- Je manque de temps.
- (with the preposition à or indirect object, intransitive) to be missed by/to be lacking to, to miss out
- Tu me manques.
- I miss you. (literally: You are missed by me./You are lacking to me.)
- Tu me manques.
- (transitive) to miss
- J'ai manqué mon train.
Conjugation
Conjugation of manquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | manquer | avoir manqué | |||||
| gerund | en manquant | en ayant manqué | |||||
| present participle | manquant /mɑ̃.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | manqué /mɑ̃.ke/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manques /mɑ̃k/ |
manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manquons /mɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
manquez /mɑ̃.ke/ |
manquent /mɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect | manquais /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
manquais /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
manquait /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
manquions /mɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
manquiez /mɑ̃.kje/ |
manquaient /mɑ̃.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | manquai /mɑ̃.ke/ |
manquas /mɑ̃.ka/ |
manqua /mɑ̃.ka/ |
manquâmes /mɑ̃.kam/ |
manquâtes /mɑ̃.kat/ |
manquèrent /mɑ̃.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | manquerai /mɑ̃.kʁe/ |
manqueras /mɑ̃.kʁa/ |
manquera /mɑ̃.kʁa/ |
manquerons /mɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
manquerez /mɑ̃.kʁe/ |
manqueront /mɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | manquerais /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
manquerais /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
manquerait /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
manquerions /mɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
manqueriez /mɑ̃.kə.ʁje/ |
manqueraient /mɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
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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 | manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manques /mɑ̃k/ |
manque /mɑ̃k/ |
manquions /mɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
manquiez /mɑ̃.kje/ |
manquent /mɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect1 |
manquasse /mɑ̃.kas/ |
manquasses /mɑ̃.kas/ |
manquât /mɑ̃.ka/ |
manquassions /mɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
manquassiez /mɑ̃.ka.sje/ |
manquassent /mɑ̃.kas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | manque /mɑ̃k/ |
— | manquons /mɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
manquez /mɑ̃.ke/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Russian: манкировать (mankirovat’)