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FRENCH VERB

capter

to get it, to pick up

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: capté
  • Present participle: captant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use capter

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

  1. Present

    Je ne capte rien à ce film, et toi ?

    I don't get anything about this film, do you?

  2. Past

    T'as capté ce qu'elle a dit ?

    Did you get what she said?

  3. Imperfect

    À la montagne, mon téléphone ne captait pas.

    In the mountains, my phone had no signal.

  4. Future

    Tu capteras mieux la radio près de la fenêtre.

    You'll pick up the radio better near the window.

  5. Conditional

    Avec une antenne, on capterait plus de chaînes.

    With an aerial, we'd pick up more channels.

  6. Present subjunctive

    J'ai expliqué deux fois pour qu'il capte.

    I explained twice so he'd get it.

  7. Imperative

    Capte bien ça : on part à six heures.

    Get this straight: we leave at six.

Good to know

  • In spoken French, je capte pas is I don't get it; a phone qui ne capte pas has no signal.

Where you hear capter

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Fluency Level 1

  • Tu captes vite, pour une prof. You get it fast, for a teacher.
  • J'ai capté le mot au bout de trois fois. I got the word after three goes.
  • Tu capteras tout quand tu auras seize ans. You'll get everything when you're sixteen.
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Leo Explains Verlan

Fluency Level 1 · Voilà. T'as capté. Relou, c'est lourd. Et une meuf, c'est une femme.

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