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FRENCH VERB

chauffer

to heat

  • #449 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: chauffé
  • Present participle: chauffant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use chauffer

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

  1. Present

    Le soleil chauffe la terrasse dès dix heures.

    The sun heats the terrace from ten o'clock.

  2. Past

    J'ai chauffé du lait pour le chocolat chaud.

    I heated some milk for the hot chocolate.

  3. Imperfect

    Le poêle chauffait toute la maison l'hiver.

    The stove used to heat the whole house in winter.

  4. Future

    Le moteur chauffera moins si tu roules doucement.

    The engine will heat up less if you drive gently.

  5. Conditional

    Cette pièce chaufferait mieux avec un tapis.

    This room would heat better with a rug.

  6. Present subjunctive

    J'attends que l'eau chauffe pour les pâtes.

    I'm waiting for the water to heat up for the pasta.

  7. Imperative

    Chauffe le four à deux cents degrés, s'il te plaît.

    Heat the oven to two hundred degrees, please.

Good to know

  • Faire chauffer de l'eau is to heat water up; ça chauffe ! can mean things are getting heated.
  • Le chauffage is the heating.

Verbs like this one

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