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FRENCH VERB

voyager

to travel

  • #169 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: voyagé
  • Present participle: voyageant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use voyager

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

  1. Present

    Je voyage souvent pour le travail.

    I travel a lot for work.

  2. Past

    On a voyagé de nuit pour arriver tôt.

    We travelled overnight to arrive early.

  3. Imperfect

    Quand j'étais étudiante, je voyageais en stop.

    When I was a student, I used to hitchhike.

  4. Future

    L'été prochain, on voyagera en Italie.

    Next summer we'll travel around Italy.

  5. Conditional

    Je voyagerais toute l'année si je pouvais.

    I'd travel all year if I could.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que tu voyages léger, c'est plus simple.

    You need to travel light, it's simpler.

  7. Imperative

    Voyagez en train, c'est plus agréable.

    Travel by train, it's nicer.

Where you hear voyager

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

French · Beginner Level 2

  • Je voyage beaucoup l'été. I travel a lot in summer.
  • J'ai voyagé partout en France. I've travelled all over France.
  • On va voyager en Italie. We're going to travel in Italy.

Verbs like this one

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