All verbs

/ʃofe/to heatB1

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object · no object — With an object it heats something; with none, it heats up

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
chauffons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

chauff-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

chauff-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

chauff-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

chauff-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

chauff-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
chauffer
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

chauffer-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

chauffer-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

chauffer

Past participle
chauffé

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

chauffé

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

chauffé

Conjugation

présent
Ije chauffe/ʒə ʃof/I heat
youtu chauffes/ty ʃof/you heat
he/sheil chauffe/il ʃof/he heats
wenous chauffons/nu ʃofɔ̃/we heat
youvous chauffez/vu ʃofe/you heat
theyils chauffent/il ʃof/they heat

Examples

  • Je fais chauffer l'eau.

    /ʒə fɛ ʃo.fe lo/

    I'm heating the water.

  • Le plat est chaud.

    /lə pla ɛ ʃo/

    The dish is hot.

  • Le moteur chauffe.

    /lə mo.tœʁ ʃof/

    The engine is overheating.

Set phrases

  • faire chauffer

    to heat up

  • le chauffage

    the heating

Notes

  • faire chauffer is the normal way to say heating food up — the causative. See verbes-perception.