The French for gossip is the verb papoter

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French for gossip is the regular ER verb papoter, 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 papoter - French for gossip

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of papoter, which is French for gossip.

• I gossip.
• you gossiped.
• he will gossip.
• we would gossip.
• they may gossip.

The Conjugated Verb Tables below for papoter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE papoter
Simple Tenses papoter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent gossip	papote	papotes	papote	papotons	papotez	papotent
Past Imperfect Imparfait gossiped	papotais	papotais	papotait	papotions	papotiez	papotaient
Simple Past Passé Simple gossiped	papotai	papotas	papota	papotâmes	papotâtes	papotèrent
Future Futur will gossip	papoterai	papoteras	papotera	papoterons	papoterez	papoteront
Conditional Conditionnel would gossip	papoterais	papoterais	papoterait	papoterions	papoteriez	papoteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may gossip	papote	papotes	papote	papotions	papotiez	papotent
Compound Tenses papoter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have gossiped	ai papoté	as papoté	a papoté	avons papoté	avez papoté	ont papoté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had gossiped	avais papoté	avais papoté	avait papoté	avions papoté	aviez papoté	avaient papoté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai papoté	auras papoté	aura papoté	aurons papoté	aurez papoté	auront papoté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have gossiped	aurais papoté	aurais papoté	aurait papoté	aurions papoté	auriez papoté	auraient papoté
Imperative Imperatif gossip!		papote		papotons	papotez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of papoter the French for gossip
présent de l’indicatif

je papote
- I gossip
tu papotes
- you gossip - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on papote
- he, she, it, one gossips
nous papotons
- we gossip
vous papotez
- you gossip (formal or plural)
ils, elles papotent
- they gossip

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
imparfait de l’indicatif

je papotais
- I gossiped
- I was gossiping
tu papotais
- you gossiped- (familiar or informal)
- you were gossiping
il, elle, on papotait
- he, she, it, one gossiped
- he, she, it, one was gossiping
nous papotions
- we gossiped
- we were gossiping
vous papotiez
- you gossiped- (formal or plural)
- you were gossiping
ils, elles papotaient
- they gossiped
- they were gossiping

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
passé simple

je papotai
- I gossiped
tu papotas
- you gossiped- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on papota
- he, she, it, one gossiped
nous papotâmes
- we gossiped
vous papotâtes
- you gossiped- (formal or plural)
ils, elles papotèrent
they gossiped
(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 papoter, the French for gossip
futur

je papoterai
- I will gossip
tu papoteras
- you will gossip (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on papotera
- he, she, it, one will gossip
nous papoterons
- we will gossip
vous papoterez
- you will gossip (formal or plural)
ils, elles papoteront
- they will gossip

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Conditional Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
conditionnel

je papoterais
- I would gossip
tu papoterais
- you would gossip (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on papoterait
- he, she, it, one would gossip
nous papoterions
- we would gossip
vous papoteriez
- you would gossip (formal or plural)
ils, elles papoteraient
- they would gossip

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
présent de subjonctif

que je papote
- that I may gossip
que tu papotes
- that you may gossip(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on papote
- that he, she, it, one may gossip
que nous papotions
- that we may gossip
que vous papotiez
- that you may gossip(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles papotent
- that they may gossip

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb papoter - the verb ‘to gossip’ in French

Past Participle of papoter is:
papoté -gossiped.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have gossiped
• you had gossiped
• he will have gossiped
• we would have gossiped

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of papoter - French for gossip
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of papoter - gossip in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of papoter, the French for gossip
impératif

papote
- gossip!
papotons
- let’s gossip!
papotez
- gossip!

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Present Participle of papoter

papotant - gossiping

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