FRENCH VERB
to keep one's fingers crossed
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Présent · now, habits and facts
Passé composé · finished actions
Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”
Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common
Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests
Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”
Impératif · requests and orders
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
Je croise les doigts pour ton entretien de demain.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for your interview tomorrow.
On a croisé les doigts pendant tout le match.
We kept our fingers crossed for the whole match.
Ma mère croisait les doigts à chaque examen.
My mother kept her fingers crossed at every exam.
Je croiserai les doigts pour toi jeudi matin.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on Thursday morning.
Je croiserais les doigts, mais ça ne suffira pas.
I'd keep my fingers crossed, but that won't be enough.
Il faut qu'on croise les doigts pour le beau temps.
We have to keep our fingers crossed for good weather.
Croise les doigts, les résultats arrivent à midi.
Keep your fingers crossed, the results come at noon.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.