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FRENCH VERB

halluciner

to be stunned, in spoken French

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: halluciné
  • Present participle: hallucinant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use halluciner

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

  1. Present

    J'hallucine, trente euros le sandwich !

    I can't believe it, thirty euros for a sandwich!

  2. Past

    On a halluciné en voyant la facture.

    We were stunned when we saw the bill.

  3. Imperfect

    Tout le monde hallucinait devant sa nouvelle voiture.

    Everyone was gobsmacked by his new car.

  4. Future

    Tu hallucineras quand tu verras l'appartement.

    You won't believe it when you see the flat.

  5. Conditional

    Ma mère hallucinerait si elle voyait ma chambre.

    My mother would be stunned if she saw my room.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Normal que tu hallucines, c'est n'importe quoi.

    No wonder you can't believe it, it's ridiculous.

  7. Imperative

    N'hallucine pas, c'est juste une petite rayure.

    Don't freak out, it's just a little scratch.

Good to know

  • J'hallucine ! is I can't believe it!, said at a price, a piece of news, someone's nerve; it also means to hallucinate.

Where you hear halluciner

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

French · Fluency Level 1

  • J'hallucine, douze personnes pour une baguette. I can't believe it, twelve people for a baguette.
  • J'ai halluciné quand il est passé devant tout le monde. I couldn't believe it when he went in front of everyone.
  • Tu hallucineras quand tu verras le prix. You won't believe it when you see the price.
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The Bakery Queue

Fluency Level 1 · Elle a raison. J'hallucine. Ils abusent, les gens, le samedi.

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