The French for lack is the verb manquer

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French for lack is the regular ER verb manquer, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb manquer - French for lack

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of manquer, which is French for lack.

• I lack.
• you lacked.
• he will lack.
• we would lack.
• they may lack.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for manquer, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE manquer
Simple Tenses manquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent lack	manque	manques	manque	manquons	manquez	manquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait lacked	manquais	manquais	manquait	manquions	manquiez	manquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple lacked	manquai	manquas	manqua	manquâmes	manquâtes	manquèrent
Future Futur will lack	manquerai	manqueras	manquera	manquerons	manquerez	manqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would lack	manquerais	manquerais	manquerait	manquerions	manqueriez	manqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may lack	manque	manques	manque	manquions	manquiez	manquent
Compound Tenses manquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have lacked	ai manqué	as manqué	a manqué	avons manqué	avez manqué	ont manqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had lacked	avais manqué	avais manqué	avait manqué	avions manqué	aviez manqué	avaient manqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai manqué	auras manqué	aura manqué	aurons manqué	aurez manqué	auront manqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have lacked	aurais manqué	aurais manqué	aurait manqué	aurions manqué	auriez manqué	auraient manqué
Imperative Imperatif lack!		manque		manquons	manquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of manquer the French for lack
présent de l’indicatif

je manque
- I lack
tu manques
- you lack - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on manque
- he, she, it, one lacks
nous manquons
- we lack
vous manquez
- you lack (formal or plural)
ils, elles manquent
- they lack

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
imparfait de l’indicatif

je manquais
- I lacked
- I was lacking
tu manquais
- you lacked- (familiar or informal)
- you were lacking
il, elle, on manquait
- he, she, it, one lacked
- he, she, it, one was lacking
nous manquions
- we lacked
- we were lacking
vous manquiez
- you lacked- (formal or plural)
- you were lacking
ils, elles manquaient
- they lacked
- they were lacking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
passé simple

je manquai
- I lacked
tu manquas
- you lacked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on manqua
- he, she, it, one lacked
nous manquâmes
- we lacked
vous manquâtes
- you lacked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles manquèrent
they lacked
(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 manquer, the French for lack
futur

je manquerai
- I will lack
tu manqueras
- you will lack (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on manquera
- he, she, it, one will lack
nous manquerons
- we will lack
vous manquerez
- you will lack (formal or plural)
ils, elles manqueront
- they will lack

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Conditional Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
conditionnel

je manquerais
- I would lack
tu manquerais
- you would lack (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on manquerait
- he, she, it, one would lack
nous manquerions
- we would lack
vous manqueriez
- you would lack (formal or plural)
ils, elles manqueraient
- they would lack

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
présent de subjonctif

que je manque
- that I may lack
que tu manques
- that you may lack(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on manque
- that he, she, it, one may lack
que nous manquions
- that we may lack
que vous manquiez
- that you may lack(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles manquent
- that they may lack

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb manquer - the verb ‘to lack’ in French

Past Participle of manquer is:
manqué -lacked.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of manquer - French for lack
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of manquer, the French for lack
impératif

manque
- lack!
manquons
- let’s lack!
manquez
- lack!

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Present Participle of manquer

manquant - lacking

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like manquer the French for lack

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