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FRENCH VERB

peser

to weigh

  • #229 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: pesé
  • Present participle: pesant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use peser

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

  1. Present

    Ma valise pèse presque vingt-trois kilos.

    My suitcase weighs almost twenty-three kilos.

  2. Past

    Le boucher a pesé la viande devant moi.

    The butcher weighed the meat in front of me.

  3. Imperfect

    À la naissance, elle pesait trois kilos deux.

    At birth, she weighed three point two kilos.

  4. Future

    On pèsera les bagages avant de partir à l'aéroport.

    We'll weigh the luggage before leaving for the airport.

  5. Conditional

    Sans les livres, le sac pèserait deux fois moins.

    Without the books, the bag would weigh half as much.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que vous pesiez les légumes vous-même.

    You have to weigh the vegetables yourself.

  7. Imperative

    Pèse la farine, il en faut deux cents grammes.

    Weigh the flour, we need two hundred grams.

Good to know

  • Peser lourd is to be heavy; combien tu pèses ? asks someone's weight.

Where you hear peser

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

French · Beginner Level 3

  • Je le pèse. I'll weigh it.
  • J'ai pesé le colis. I weighed the parcel.
  • Je vais peser votre colis. I'm going to weigh your parcel.
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A Parcel for Chicago

Beginner Level 3 · Je le pèse.

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