tâcher

See also: tacher

French

Etymology

From tâche. From Latin taxō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɑ.ʃe/
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Verb

tâcher

  1. (intransitive) to try, attempt, endeavour (to do something)
    Tâchez de partir avant le matin. Try to leave before morning.
  2. (transitive) to ensure (que that, + subjunctive)
    Tâche qu'elle vienne. Make sure she comes.

Conjugation
Conjugation of tâcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle tâchant
/tɑ.ʃɑ̃/
past participle tâché
/tɑ.ʃe/
infinitive
simple tâcher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple tâchant
/tɑ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present tâche
/tɑʃ/		 tâches
/tɑʃ/		 tâche
/tɑʃ/		 tâchons
/tɑ.ʃɔ̃/		 tâchez
/tɑ.ʃe/		 tâchent
/tɑʃ/
imperfect tâchais
/tɑ.ʃɛ/		 tâchais
/tɑ.ʃɛ/		 tâchait
/tɑ.ʃɛ/		 tâchions
/tɑ.ʃjɔ̃/		 tâchiez
/tɑ.ʃje/		 tâchaient
/tɑ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 tâchai
/tɑ.ʃe/		 tâchas
/tɑ.ʃa/		 tâcha
/tɑ.ʃa/		 tâchâmes
/tɑ.ʃam/		 tâchâtes
/tɑ.ʃat/		 tâchèrent
/tɑ.ʃɛʁ/
future tâcherai
/tɑʃ.ʁe/		 tâcheras
/tɑʃ.ʁa/		 tâchera
/tɑʃ.ʁa/		 tâcherons
/tɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 tâcherez
/tɑʃ.ʁe/		 tâcheront
/tɑʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tâcherais
/tɑʃ.ʁɛ/		 tâcherais
/tɑʃ.ʁɛ/		 tâcherait
/tɑʃ.ʁɛ/		 tâcherions
/tɑ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tâcheriez
/tɑ.ʃə.ʁje/		 tâcheraient
/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
/tɑʃ/		 tâches
/tɑʃ/		 tâche
/tɑʃ/		 tâchions
/tɑ.ʃjɔ̃/		 tâchiez
/tɑ.ʃje/		 tâchent
/tɑʃ/
imperfect2 tâchasse
/tɑ.ʃas/		 tâchasses
/tɑ.ʃas/		 tâchât
/tɑ.ʃa/		 tâchassions
/tɑ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 tâchassiez
/tɑ.ʃa.sje/		 tâchassent
/tɑ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tâche
/tɑʃ/		 — tâchons
/tɑ.ʃɔ̃/		 tâchez
/tɑ.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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