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FRENCH VERB

se moquer

to make fun

  • #284 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: moqué
  • Present participle: se moquant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use se moquer

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

  1. Present

    Arrête, tout le monde se moque de moi !

    Stop it, everyone's making fun of me!

  2. Past

    Ils se sont moqués de mon accent toute la soirée.

    They made fun of my accent all evening.

  3. Imperfect

    Petits, on se moquait souvent de notre voisin.

    When we were little, we often made fun of our neighbour.

  4. Future

    Personne ne se moquera de toi, je te le promets.

    Nobody will make fun of you, I promise.

  5. Conditional

    Je ne me moquerais jamais de quelqu'un qui essaie.

    I'd never make fun of someone who's trying.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je n'aime pas que tu te moques de ta sœur.

    I don't like you making fun of your sister.

  7. Imperative

    Ne vous moquez pas, c'est ma première fois !

    Don't make fun, it's my first time!

Good to know

  • Se moquer de quelqu'un is to make fun of them; je m'en moque is I don't care.

Verbs like this one

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