Learn How to Say to Smoke in French

How would you say to smoke in French? If you answered with the verb  fumer, then youd be correct. Its an easy one to remember if you associate it with the English fume. It might also be helpful to know that when you need to extinguish a flame, youll use the verb  expliquer.   Conjugating the French Verb  Fumer Admittedly, French verb conjugations can be a challenge for French students. Thats because there are more words to remember since we conjugate for all the subject pronouns within each tense. Yet,  fumer  is a  regular -ER verb  and this is the most common conjugation pattern in French. This makes it a little easier if youve worked with a few verbs before. As with all conjugations, we need to identify the verb stem, which is  fum-. Then we can begin to add the many endings and form a complete sentence. For example, I smoke is je fume and we will smoke is ​nous fumerons. Study this chart and practice the forms in context to make memorization a little quicker. Subject Present Future Imperfect je fume fumerai fumais tu fumes fumeras fumais il fume fumera fumait nous fumons fumerons fumions vous fumez fumerez fumiez ils fument fumeront fumaient The Present Participle of  Fumer The  present participle  of fumer  is  fumant. Notice how this was as simple as adding -ant  to the verb stem. Its a very useful word as it can be a verb, adjective, gerund, or noun depending on the context. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © Beyond the imperfect, another common form of the past tense smoked is the  passà © composà ©. This is formed using the  past participle  fumà ©Ã‚  along with a conjugate of the  auxiliary verb  avoir. For example, I smoked is jai fumà © while we smoked is nous avons fumà ©. More Simple  Fumer  Conjugations to Learn Those are the most important forms of  fumer  and should be the  top priority for memorization. There are more simple conjugations you may need at times and theyre used in special circumstances. For instance, in a conversation when the act of smoking is not guaranteed, the subjunctive or the conditional verb mood may be used. If you do much reading in French, you will also encounter the passà © simple. This form, as well as the imperfect subjunctive, may not be widely used, but they are good to know anyway. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je fume fumerais fumai fumasse tu fumes fumerais fumas fumasses il fume fumerait fuma fumt nous fumions fumerions fummes fumassions vous fumiez fumeriez fumtes fumassiez ils fument fumeraient fumrent fumassent In short and direct commands and requests, we can drop the subject pronoun and simplify things in the imperative form. Rather than saying tu fume, you can just use fume. Imperative (tu) fume (nous) fumons (vous) fumez