The French for picnic is the verb pique-niquer

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French for picnic is the regular ER verb pique-niquer, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb pique-niquer - French for picnic

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of pique-niquer, which is French for picnic.

• I picnic.
• you picnicked.
• he will picnic.
• we would picnic.
• they may picnic.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for pique-niquer, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE pique-niquer
Simple Tenses pique-niquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent picnic	pique-nique	pique-niques	pique-nique	pique-niquons	pique-niquez	pique-niquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait picnicked	pique-niquais	pique-niquais	pique-niquait	pique-niquions	pique-niquiez	pique-niquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple picnicked	pique-niquai	pique-niquas	pique-niqua	pique-niquâmes	pique-niquâtes	pique-niquèrent
Future Futur will picnic	pique-niquerai	pique-niqueras	pique-niquera	pique-niquerons	pique-niquerez	pique-niqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would picnic	pique-niquerais	pique-niquerais	pique-niquerait	pique-niquerions	pique-niqueriez	pique-niqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may picnic	pique-nique	pique-niques	pique-nique	pique-niquions	pique-niquiez	pique-niquent
Compound Tenses pique-niquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have picnicked	ai pique-niqué	as pique-niqué	a pique-niqué	avons pique-niqué	avez pique-niqué	ont pique-niqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had picnicked	avais pique-niqué	avais pique-niqué	avait pique-niqué	avions pique-niqué	aviez pique-niqué	avaient pique-niqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai pique-niqué	auras pique-niqué	aura pique-niqué	aurons pique-niqué	aurez pique-niqué	auront pique-niqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have picnicked	aurais pique-niqué	aurais pique-niqué	aurait pique-niqué	aurions pique-niqué	auriez pique-niqué	auraient pique-niqué
Imperative Imperatif picnic!		pique-nique		pique-niquons	pique-niquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of pique-niquer the French for picnic
présent de l’indicatif

je pique-nique
- I picnic
tu pique-niques
- you picnic - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pique-nique
- he, she, it, one picnics
nous pique-niquons
- we picnic
vous pique-niquez
- you picnic (formal or plural)
ils, elles pique-niquent
- they picnic

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
imparfait de l’indicatif

je pique-niquais
- I picnicked
- I was picnicking
tu pique-niquais
- you picnicked- (familiar or informal)
- you were picnicking
il, elle, on pique-niquait
- he, she, it, one picnicked
- he, she, it, one was picnicking
nous pique-niquions
- we picnicked
- we were picnicking
vous pique-niquiez
- you picnicked- (formal or plural)
- you were picnicking
ils, elles pique-niquaient
- they picnicked
- they were picnicking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
passé simple

je pique-niquai
- I picnicked
tu pique-niquas
- you picnicked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pique-niqua
- he, she, it, one picnicked
nous pique-niquâmes
- we picnicked
vous pique-niquâtes
- you picnicked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles pique-niquèrent
they picnicked
(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 pique-niquer, the French for picnic
futur

je pique-niquerai
- I will picnic
tu pique-niqueras
- you will picnic (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pique-niquera
- he, she, it, one will picnic
nous pique-niquerons
- we will picnic
vous pique-niquerez
- you will picnic (formal or plural)
ils, elles pique-niqueront
- they will picnic

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Conditional Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
conditionnel

je pique-niquerais
- I would picnic
tu pique-niquerais
- you would picnic (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on pique-niquerait
- he, she, it, one would picnic
nous pique-niquerions
- we would picnic
vous pique-niqueriez
- you would picnic (formal or plural)
ils, elles pique-niqueraient
- they would picnic

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
présent de subjonctif

que je pique-nique
- that I may picnic
que tu pique-niques
- that you may picnic(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on pique-nique
- that he, she, it, one may picnic
que nous pique-niquions
- that we may picnic
que vous pique-niquiez
- that you may picnic(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles pique-niquent
- that they may picnic

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb pique-niquer - the verb ‘to picnic’ in French

Past Participle of pique-niquer is:
pique-niqué -picnicked.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of pique-niquer - French for picnic
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of pique-niquer - picnic in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of pique-niquer, the French for picnic
impératif

pique-nique
- picnic!
pique-niquons
- let’s picnic!
pique-niquez
- picnic!

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Present Participle of pique-niquer

pique-niquant - picnicking

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