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FRENCH VERB

cacher

to hide

  • #216 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: caché
  • Present participle: cachant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I hide
  2. tu you hide
  3. il, elle, on he/she hides
  4. nous we hide
  5. vous you hide
  6. ils, elles they hide

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I hid
  2. tu you hid
  3. il, elle, on he/she hid
  4. nous we hid
  5. vous you hid
  6. ils, elles they hid

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to hide
  2. tu you used to hide
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to hide
  4. nous we used to hide
  5. vous you used to hide
  6. ils, elles they used to hide

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will hide
  2. tu you will hide
  3. il, elle, on he/she will hide
  4. nous we will hide
  5. vous you will hide
  6. ils, elles they will hide

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would hide
  2. tu you would hide
  3. il, elle, on he/she would hide
  4. nous we would hide
  5. vous you would hide
  6. ils, elles they would hide

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I hide
  2. tu (that) you hide
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she hide
  4. nous (that) we hide
  5. vous (that) you hide
  6. ils, elles (that) they hide

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu hide!
  2. nous hide! (let’s)
  3. vous hide! (plural, or formal)

How to use cacher

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je cache toujours les clés sous le pot de fleurs.

    I always hide the keys under the flowerpot.

  2. Past

    Où est-ce que tu as caché les cadeaux ?

    Where did you hide the presents?

  3. Imperfect

    Ma grand-mère cachait des bonbons dans le buffet.

    My grandmother used to hide sweets in the sideboard.

  4. Future

    On cachera les œufs dans le jardin pour Pâques.

    We'll hide the eggs in the garden for Easter.

  5. Conditional

    Je ne cacherais jamais ça à mes parents.

    I'd never hide that from my parents.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je n'aime pas que tu me caches des choses.

    I don't like you hiding things from me.

  7. Imperative

    Cache le gâteau, les enfants arrivent !

    Hide the cake, the kids are coming!

Good to know

  • Cacher quelque chose à quelqu'un : il me cache quelque chose, he's hiding something from me.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.