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FRENCH VERB

râler

to grumble

  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: râlé
  • Present participle: râlant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use râler

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

  1. Present

    Mon père râle dès qu'il y a des bouchons.

    My father grumbles as soon as there's traffic.

  2. Past

    J'ai râlé contre la préfecture pendant six mois.

    I grumbled about the prefecture for six months.

  3. Imperfect

    Ma voisine râlait tous les matins contre le bruit.

    My neighbour used to grumble about the noise every morning.

  4. Future

    On râlera un peu, et puis on signera.

    We'll grumble a bit, and then we'll sign.

  5. Conditional

    Tu râlerais aussi si on te faisait attendre deux heures.

    You'd grumble too if you were kept waiting two hours.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je préfère que tu râles maintenant plutôt qu'après.

    I'd rather you grumbled now than afterwards.

  7. Imperative

    Ne râle pas, viens plutôt m'aider.

    Don't grumble, come and help me instead.

Good to know

  • Râler contre quelque chose or après quelqu'un; un râleur is a moaner, and the French say they are champions at it.

Where you hear râler

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

French · Fluency Level 2

  • Tu râles comme une Française. You grumble like a Frenchwoman.
  • J'ai râlé contre la préfecture pendant six mois. I grumbled about the prefecture for six months.
  • On râlera, et puis on signera. We'll grumble, and then we'll sign.

Verbs like this one

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