Key facts

Toquer

To knock

C1Regular
Stem
toqu
Past participle
toqué

Examples

Je toque à la porte.

I knock at the door.

Il ne toque pas fort.

He doesn't knock hard.

Nous toquions à la porte.

We were knocking at the door.

Nous avons toqué 2 fois.

We knocked twice.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
Jetoque
Iknock
Tutoques
Youknock
Iltoque
Heknocks
Noustoquons
Weknock
Voustoquez
Youknock
Ilstoquent
Theyknock

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais toquer
Iam going to knock
Tuvas toquer
Youare going to knock
Ilva toquer
Heis going to knock
Nousallons toquer
Weare going to knock
Vousallez toquer
Youare going to knock
Ilsvont toquer
Theyare going to knock

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens de toquer
Ihave just knocked
Tuviens de toquer
Youhave just knocked
Ilvient de toquer
Hehas just knocked
Nousvenons de toquer
Wehave just knocked
Vousvenez de toquer
Youhave just knocked
Ilsviennent de toquer
Theyhave just knocked

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai toqué
Ihave knocked
Tuas toqué
Youhave knocked
Ila toqué
Hehas knocked
Nousavons toqué
Wehave knocked
Vousavez toqué
Youhave knocked
Ilsont toqué
Theyhave knocked

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

Jetoquerais
Iwould knock
Tutoquerais
Youwould knock
Iltoquerait
Hewould knock
Noustoquerions
Wewould knock
Voustoqueriez
Youwould knock
Ilstoqueraient
Theywould knock

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

Jetoquerai
Iwill knock
Tutoqueras
Youwill knock
Iltoquera
Hewill knock
Noustoquerons
Wewill knock
Voustoquerez
Youwill knock
Ilstoqueront
Theywill knock

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

Jetoquais
Iwas knocking
Tutoquais
Youwere knocking
Iltoquait
Hewas knocking
Noustoquions
Were knocking
Voustoquiez
Youwere knocking
Ilstoquaient
Theywere knocking

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)toque
Youknock
(Nous)toquons
Weknock
(Vous)toquez
Youknock

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

toquant
knocking

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en toquant
knocking

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