The French for force-feed is the verb gaver

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French for force-feed is the regular ER verb gaver, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb gaver - French for force-feed

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of gaver, which is French for force-feed.

• I force-feed.
• you force-fed.
• he will force-feed.
• we would force-feed.
• they may force-feed.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for gaver, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE gaver
Simple Tenses gaver
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent force-feed	gave	gaves	gave	gavons	gavez	gavent
Past Imperfect Imparfait force-fed	gavais	gavais	gavait	gavions	gaviez	gavaient
Simple Past Passé Simple force-fed	gavai	gavas	gava	gavâmes	gavâtes	gavèrent
Future Futur will force-feed	gaverai	gaveras	gavera	gaverons	gaverez	gaveront
Conditional Conditionnel would force-feed	gaverais	gaverais	gaverait	gaverions	gaveriez	gaveraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may force-feed	gave	gaves	gave	gavions	gaviez	gavent
Compound Tenses gaver
Present Perfect Passé Composé have force-fed	ai gavé	as gavé	a gavé	avons gavé	avez gavé	ont gavé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had force-fed	avais gavé	avais gavé	avait gavé	avions gavé	aviez gavé	avaient gavé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai gavé	auras gavé	aura gavé	aurons gavé	aurez gavé	auront gavé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have force-fed	aurais gavé	aurais gavé	aurait gavé	aurions gavé	auriez gavé	auraient gavé
Imperative Imperatif force-feed!		gave		gavons	gavez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of gaver the French for force-feed
présent de l’indicatif

je gave
- I force-feed
tu gaves
- you force-feed - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on gave
- he, she, it, one force-feeds
nous gavons
- we force-feed
vous gavez
- you force-feed (formal or plural)
ils, elles gavent
- they force-feed

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
imparfait de l’indicatif

je gavais
- I force-fed
- I was force-feeding
tu gavais
- you force-fed- (familiar or informal)
- you were force-feeding
il, elle, on gavait
- he, she, it, one force-fed
- he, she, it, one was force-feeding
nous gavions
- we force-fed
- we were force-feeding
vous gaviez
- you force-fed- (formal or plural)
- you were force-feeding
ils, elles gavaient
- they force-fed
- they were force-feeding

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
passé simple

je gavai
- I force-fed
tu gavas
- you force-fed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on gava
- he, she, it, one force-fed
nous gavâmes
- we force-fed
vous gavâtes
- you force-fed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles gavèrent
they force-fed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
futur

je gaverai
- I will force-feed
tu gaveras
- you will force-feed (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on gavera
- he, she, it, one will force-feed
nous gaverons
- we will force-feed
vous gaverez
- you will force-feed (formal or plural)
ils, elles gaveront
- they will force-feed

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Conditional Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
conditionnel

je gaverais
- I would force-feed
tu gaverais
- you would force-feed (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on gaverait
- he, she, it, one would force-feed
nous gaverions
- we would force-feed
vous gaveriez
- you would force-feed (formal or plural)
ils, elles gaveraient
- they would force-feed

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
présent de subjonctif

que je gave
- that I may force-feed
que tu gaves
- that you may force-feed(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on gave
- that he, she, it, one may force-feed
que nous gavions
- that we may force-feed
que vous gaviez
- that you may force-feed(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles gavent
- that they may force-feed

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb gaver - the verb ‘to force-feed’ in French

Past Participle of gaver is:
gavé -force-fed.

The past participle is combined with the tenses of avoir, to make the compounds. Four are in common use.

• I have force-fed
• you had force-fed
• he will have force-fed
• we would have force-fed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of gaver - French for force-feed
passé composé

Here’s the French for force-feed conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai gavé
- I have force-fed or I did force-feed or
- I force-fed
tu as gavé
- you have force-fed or you did force-feed - (familiar or informal) or
- you force-fed
il, elle, on a gavé
- he, she, it, one has force-feed or did force-feed
- he, she, it force-fed
nous avons gavé
- we have force-fed or we did force-feed
- we force-fed
vous avez gavé
- you have force-fed or you did force-feed (formal or plural) or
- or we force-fed
ils, elles ont gavé
- they have force-fed or they did force-feed
- they force-fed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of gaver - force-feed in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -force-feed conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais gavé
- I had force-fed
tu avais gavé
- you had force-fed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait gavé
- he, she, it, one had force-fed
nous avions gavé
- we had force-fed
vous aviez gavé
- you had force-fed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient gavé
- they had force-fed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
futur antérieur

j’aurai gavé
- I will have
tu auras gavé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura gavé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons gavé
- we will have
vous aurez gavé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront gavé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
conditionnel passé

j’aurais gavé
- I would have force-fed
tu aurais gavé
- you would have force-fed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait gavé
- he, she, it, one would have force-fed
nous aurions gavé
- we would have force-fed
vous auriez gavé
- you would have force-fed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient gavé
- they would have force-fed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of gaver, the French for force-feed
impératif

gave
- force-feed!
gavons
- let’s force-feed!
gavez
- force-feed!

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Present Participle of gaver

gavant - force-feeding

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