The French for joke is the verb plaisanter

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French for joke is the regular ER verb plaisanter, 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 plaisanter - French for joke

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of plaisanter, which is French for joke.

• I joke.
• you joked.
• he will joke.
• we would joke.
• they may joke.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for plaisanter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE plaisanter
Simple Tenses plaisanter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent joke	plaisante	plaisantes	plaisante	plaisantons	plaisantez	plaisantent
Past Imperfect Imparfait joked	plaisantais	plaisantais	plaisantait	plaisantions	plaisantiez	plaisantaient
Simple Past Passé Simple joked	plaisantai	plaisantas	plaisanta	plaisantâmes	plaisantâtes	plaisantèrent
Future Futur will joke	plaisanterai	plaisanteras	plaisantera	plaisanterons	plaisanterez	plaisanteront
Conditional Conditionnel would joke	plaisanterais	plaisanterais	plaisanterait	plaisanterions	plaisanteriez	plaisanteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may joke	plaisante	plaisantes	plaisante	plaisantions	plaisantiez	plaisantent
Compound Tenses plaisanter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have joked	ai plaisanté	as plaisanté	a plaisanté	avons plaisanté	avez plaisanté	ont plaisanté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had joked	avais plaisanté	avais plaisanté	avait plaisanté	avions plaisanté	aviez plaisanté	avaient plaisanté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai plaisanté	auras plaisanté	aura plaisanté	aurons plaisanté	aurez plaisanté	auront plaisanté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have joked	aurais plaisanté	aurais plaisanté	aurait plaisanté	aurions plaisanté	auriez plaisanté	auraient plaisanté
Imperative Imperatif joke!		plaisante		plaisantons	plaisantez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of plaisanter the French for joke
présent de l’indicatif

je plaisante
- I joke
tu plaisantes
- you joke - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on plaisante
- he, she, it, one jokes
nous plaisantons
- we joke
vous plaisantez
- you joke (formal or plural)
ils, elles plaisantent
- they joke

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
imparfait de l’indicatif

je plaisantais
- I joked
- I was joking
tu plaisantais
- you joked- (familiar or informal)
- you were joking
il, elle, on plaisantait
- he, she, it, one joked
- he, she, it, one was joking
nous plaisantions
- we joked
- we were joking
vous plaisantiez
- you joked- (formal or plural)
- you were joking
ils, elles plaisantaient
- they joked
- they were joking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
passé simple

je plaisantai
- I joked
tu plaisantas
- you joked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on plaisanta
- he, she, it, one joked
nous plaisantâmes
- we joked
vous plaisantâtes
- you joked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles plaisantèrent
they joked
(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 plaisanter, the French for joke
futur

je plaisanterai
- I will joke
tu plaisanteras
- you will joke (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on plaisantera
- he, she, it, one will joke
nous plaisanterons
- we will joke
vous plaisanterez
- you will joke (formal or plural)
ils, elles plaisanteront
- they will joke

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Conditional Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
conditionnel

je plaisanterais
- I would joke
tu plaisanterais
- you would joke (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on plaisanterait
- he, she, it, one would joke
nous plaisanterions
- we would joke
vous plaisanteriez
- you would joke (formal or plural)
ils, elles plaisanteraient
- they would joke

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
présent de subjonctif

que je plaisante
- that I may joke
que tu plaisantes
- that you may joke(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on plaisante
- that he, she, it, one may joke
que nous plaisantions
- that we may joke
que vous plaisantiez
- that you may joke(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles plaisantent
- that they may joke

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb plaisanter - the verb ‘to joke’ in French

Past Participle of plaisanter is:
plaisanté -joked.

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 joked
• you had joked
• he will have joked
• we would have joked

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of plaisanter - French for joke
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of plaisanter, the French for joke
impératif

plaisante
- joke!
plaisantons
- let’s joke!
plaisantez
- joke!

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Present Participle of plaisanter

plaisantant - joking

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like plaisanter the French for joke

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