espliquer

French

Verb

espliquer

1. (Louisiana, Cajun) Alternative form of expliquer, to explain

Conjugation

Conjugation of espliquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	espliquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	espliquant /ɛs.pli.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		espliqué /ɛs.pli.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	esplique /ɛs.plik/	espliques /ɛs.plik/	esplique /ɛs.plik/	espliquons /ɛs.pli.kɔ̃/	espliquez /ɛs.pli.ke/	espliquent /ɛs.plik/
	imperfect	espliquais /ɛs.pli.kɛ/	espliquais /ɛs.pli.kɛ/	espliquait /ɛs.pli.kɛ/	espliquions /ɛs.pli.kjɔ̃/	espliquiez /ɛs.pli.kje/	espliquaient /ɛs.pli.kɛ/
	past historic2	espliquai /ɛs.pli.ke/	espliquas /ɛs.pli.ka/	espliqua /ɛs.pli.ka/	espliquâmes /ɛs.pli.kam/	espliquâtes /ɛs.pli.kat/	espliquèrent /ɛs.pli.kɛʁ/
	future	espliquerai /ɛs.pli.kʁe/	espliqueras /ɛs.pli.kʁa/	espliquera /ɛs.pli.kʁa/	espliquerons /ɛs.pli.kʁɔ̃/	espliquerez /ɛs.pli.kʁe/	espliqueront /ɛs.pli.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	espliquerais /ɛs.pli.kʁɛ/	espliquerais /ɛs.pli.kʁɛ/	espliquerait /ɛs.pli.kʁɛ/	espliquerions /ɛs.pli.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	espliqueriez /ɛs.pli.kə.ʁje/	espliqueraient /ɛs.pli.kʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	esplique /ɛs.plik/	espliques /ɛs.plik/	esplique /ɛs.plik/	espliquions /ɛs.pli.kjɔ̃/	espliquiez /ɛs.pli.kje/	espliquent /ɛs.plik/
	imperfect2	espliquasse /ɛs.pli.kas/	espliquasses /ɛs.pli.kas/	espliquât /ɛs.pli.ka/	espliquassions /ɛs.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/	espliquassiez /ɛs.pli.ka.sje/	espliquassent /ɛs.pli.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	esplique /ɛs.plik/	—	espliquons /ɛs.pli.kɔ̃/	espliquez /ɛs.pli.ke/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).