Regarder — to watch / to look at | French Verb Chart
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Regarder›to watch / to look at
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Present
- je regardeI watch
- tu regardesyou watch
- il / elle regardehe / she watches
- nous regardonswe watch
- vous regardezyou watch
- ils / elles regardentthey watch
Passé composé
- j’ai regardéI watched
- tu as regardéyou watched
- il / elle a regardéhe / she watched
- nous avons regardéwe watched
- vous avez regardéyou watched
- ils / elles ont regardéthey watched
Imperfect
- je regardaisI used to watch
- tu regardaisyou used to watch
- il / elle regardaithe / she used to watch
- nous regardionswe used to watch
- vous regardiezyou used to watch
- ils / elles regardaientthey used to watch
Future
- je regarderaiI will watch
- tu regarderasyou will watch
- il / elle regarderahe / she will watch
- nous regarderonswe will watch
- vous regarderezyou will watch
- ils / elles regarderontthey will watch
Conditional
- je regarderaisI would watch
- tu regarderaisyou would watch
- il / elle regarderaithe / she would watch
- nous regarderionswe would watch
- vous regarderiezyou would watch
- ils / elles regarderaientthey would watch
Subjunctive
- que je regardethat I watch
- que tu regardesthat you watch
- qu’il / elle regardethat he / she watch
- que nous regardionsthat we watch
- que vous regardiezthat you watch
- qu’ils / elles regardentthat they watch
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A1Basics — watching, with no « à »
Je regarde la télé.I’m watching TV.
Tu regardes quoi ?What are you watching?
A2Past — what you watched
Hier soir, j’ai regardé un film.Last night I watched a film.
Je regardais la télé quand il a appelé.I was watching TV when he called.
B1Future & conditional
On regardera ça demain.We’ll look at that tomorrow.
Tu regarderais si c’est ouvert ?Would you check whether it’s open?
B2ça ne te regarde pas
Ça ne te regarde pas.That’s none of your business.
Cela ne me regarde pas.That’s not my concern.
C1Idiomatic — y regarder de près
À y regarder de près, c’est faux.On close inspection, it’s wrong.
Il n’y regarde pas de si près.He isn’t all that particular.
C2Literary & formal
Il contempla longuement le paysage.He gazed at the landscape for a long time.
En ce qui concerne ce point, nous divergeons.As regards this point, we differ.
NativeNative slang
Regarde, c’est simple.Look, it’s simple.
T’as regardé le match ?Did you watch the match?
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