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FRENCH VERB

embaucher

to hire

  • #362 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: embauché
  • Present participle: embauchant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use embaucher

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

  1. Present

    Le supermarché embauche des étudiants pour l'été.

    The supermarket is hiring students for the summer.

  2. Past

    Ils m'ont embauchée le jour même de l'entretien !

    They hired me the very day of the interview!

  3. Imperfect

    À l'époque, l'usine embauchait tout le village.

    Back then, the factory employed the whole village.

  4. Future

    On embauchera deux serveurs de plus en juillet.

    We'll hire two more waiters in July.

  5. Conditional

    Je t'embaucherais tout de suite si j'avais le budget.

    I'd hire you right away if I had the budget.

  6. Present subjunctive

    J'aimerais qu'ils embauchent quelqu'un pour m'aider.

    I'd like them to hire someone to help me.

  7. Imperative

    Embauchez-la, elle a beaucoup d'expérience.

    Hire her, she has a lot of experience.

Good to know

  • Embaucher is to take someone on; its opposite is licencier, to lay off.

Verbs like this one

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