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FRENCH VERB

exagérer

to exaggerate

  • #304 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: exagéré
  • Present participle: exagérant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use exagérer

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

  1. Present

    Tu exagères, il n'a pas dit ça !

    You're exaggerating, he didn't say that!

  2. Past

    J'ai peut-être un peu exagéré sur le sel.

    I may have gone a bit overboard with the salt.

  3. Imperfect

    Mon oncle exagérait toujours ses histoires de pêche.

    My uncle always exaggerated his fishing stories.

  4. Future

    Les journaux exagéreront encore les chiffres, comme d'habitude.

    The papers will exaggerate the figures again, as usual.

  5. Conditional

    J'exagérerais si je disais que c'était parfait.

    I'd be exaggerating if I said it was perfect.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je ne pense pas qu'il exagère, c'était vraiment dur.

    I don't think he's exaggerating, it really was hard.

  7. Imperative

    N'exagère pas, ça fait seulement dix minutes !

    Don't exaggerate, it's only been ten minutes!

Good to know

  • Tu exagères ! is you're going too far, not only you're exaggerating.

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