How to Conjugate 'Remarquer' (to Notice; to Remark)

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Updated July 31, 2017

The French verb remarquer means "to notice" or "to remark." It is a regular -er verb, so it is easy to learn how to conjugate it.

How to Conjugate the French Verb Remarquer

The first step to conjugating a regular verb is to drop the infinitive ending from the verb to get the stem (remarqu-). You then add the ending appropriate of the subject pronoun and the tense. See the charts below to learn how to conjugate remarquer.

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present participle
je	remarque	remarquerai	remarquais	remarquant
tu	remarques	remarqueras	remarquais
il	remarque	remarquera	remarquait
nous	remarquons	remarquerons	remarquions
vous	remarquez	remarquerez	remarquiez
ils	remarquent	remarqueront	remarquaient

	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
je	remarque	remarquerais	remarquai	remarquasse
tu	remarques	remarquerais	remarquas	remarquasses
il	remarque	remarquerait	remarqua	remarquât
nous	remarquions	remarquerions	remarquâmes	remarquassions
vous	remarquiez	remarqueriez	remarquâtes	remarquassiez
ils	remarquent	remarqueraient	remarquèrent	remarquassent

	Imperative
(tu)	remarque
(nous)	remarquons
(vous)	remarquez

How to Use Remarquer in the Past Tense

The most common way to use a French verb in the past tense is to use the passé composé. With this compound tense, you pair a verb's auxiliary verb and its past participle. The auxiliary verb for remarquer is avoir and the past participle is remarqué.

For example:

J'ai remarqué que nous avons besoin de lait.
I noticed that we need milk.