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FRENCH VERB

intéresser

to interest

  • #313 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: intéressé
  • Present participle: intéressant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use intéresser

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

  1. Present

    Ça t'intéresse, un cours de cuisine le samedi ?

    Would a cooking class on Saturdays interest you?

  2. Past

    L'annonce m'a intéressé tout de suite.

    The ad interested me straight away.

  3. Imperfect

    À l'école, l'histoire ne m'intéressait pas du tout.

    At school, history didn't interest me at all.

  4. Future

    Ce livre intéressera sûrement ton père.

    That book will surely interest your father.

  5. Conditional

    Ça vous intéresserait de travailler ici ?

    Would you be interested in working here?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je doute que ce film intéresse les enfants.

    I doubt that film will interest the children.

  7. Imperative

    Intéresse-toi un peu à ce qu'elle fait !

    Take a bit of interest in what she does!

Good to know

  • "Ça m'intéresse" is "I'm interested"; s'intéresser à is to be interested in.

Where you hear intéresser

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

French · Beginner Level 2

  • Ça vous intéresse ? Are you interested?
  • Le film m'a beaucoup intéressée. The film interested me a lot.
  • Ça va t'intéresser. It's going to interest you.
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The Interview

Beginner Level 2 · Ça vous intéresse ?

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Verbs like this one

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