All verbs

garer

/ɡaʁe/to parkA2

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object — Takes a direct object; reflexive se garer for parking yourself

Build map — what to memorise

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

The nous form
garons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

gar-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

gar-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

gar-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

gar-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

gar-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
garer
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

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

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

garer-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

garer

Past participle
garé

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

garé

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

garé

Conjugation

présent
Ije gare/ʒə ɡaʁ/I park
youtu gares/ty ɡaʁ/you park
he/sheil gare/il ɡaʁ/he parks
wenous garons/nu ɡaʁɔ̃/we park
youvous garez/vu ɡaʁe/you park
theyils garent/il ɡaʁ/they park

Examples

  • Je gare la voiture.

    /ʒə ɡaʁ la vwa.tyʁ/

    I park the car.

  • Je me gare ici.

    /ʒə mə ɡaʁ i.si/

    I'll park here.

  • Il s'est garé devant la maison.

    /il sɛ ɡa.ʁe də.vɑ̃ la mɛ.zɔ̃/

    He parked in front of the house.

Set phrases

  • se garer

    to park

  • le parking

    the car park

Notes

  • se garer is what you normally say — Je me gare — because you park yourself, not just the car.

  • le parking is the car park, not the act of parking. A false friend of the borrowed kind.