Se fâcher Conjugation in French
se fâcher means “to get angry” in English, and it is a verb French learners meet early and use often. This page gives you the complete conjugation of se fâcher — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Je me fâche quand on me ment.” — “I get angry when someone lies to me.” Learning the forms on this page first, before you try to use the verb in conversation, saves you from guessing later: French spelling and endings change with the person and the tense, and se fâcher is no exception. Work through the tables one tense at a time, say each form aloud, and then test yourself with the quiz at the end.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: se fâcher
- English: to get angry
- Verb type: Reflexive -er verb
- Irregular in: — (regular in every tense)
- Gerund: en fâchant
- Past participle: fâché
- Auxiliary: être (all perfect tenses are formed with être + the past participle)
- Reflexive: yes — the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se) goes before the verb in most tenses. The tables below show the bare verb form exactly as the verified tables give it; the examples add the pronoun, as in “Je me fâche quand on me ment”.
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for se fâcher, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for se fâcher. Learn the present tense first, then the passé composé and the imperfect, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâche |
| tu | fâches |
| il/elle | fâche |
| nous | fâchons |
| vous | fâchez |
| ils/elles | fâchent |
Passé simple
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâchai |
| tu | fâchas |
| il/elle | fâcha |
| nous | fâchâmes |
| vous | fâchâtes |
| ils/elles | fâchèrent |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâchais |
| tu | fâchais |
| il/elle | fâchait |
| nous | fâchions |
| vous | fâchiez |
| ils/elles | fâchaient |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâcherai |
| tu | fâcheras |
| il/elle | fâchera |
| nous | fâcherons |
| vous | fâcherez |
| ils/elles | fâcheront |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâcherais |
| tu | fâcherais |
| il/elle | fâcherait |
| nous | fâcherions |
| vous | fâcheriez |
| ils/elles | fâcheraient |
Present perfect (passé composé)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | suis fâché |
| tu | es fâché |
| il/elle | est fâché |
| nous | sommes fâché |
| vous | êtes fâché |
| ils/elles | sont fâché |
Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | étais fâché |
| tu | étais fâché |
| il/elle | était fâché |
| nous | étions fâché |
| vous | étiez fâché |
| ils/elles | étaient fâché |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | serai fâché |
| tu | seras fâché |
| il/elle | sera fâché |
| nous | serons fâché |
| vous | serez fâché |
| ils/elles | seront fâché |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | serais fâché |
| tu | serais fâché |
| il/elle | serait fâché |
| nous | serions fâché |
| vous | seriez fâché |
| ils/elles | seraient fâché |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâche |
| tu | fâches |
| il/elle | fâche |
| nous | fâchions |
| vous | fâchiez |
| ils/elles | fâchent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| je | fâchasse |
| tu | fâchasses |
| il/elle | fâchât |
| nous | fâchassions |
| vous | fâchassiez |
| ils/elles | fâchassent |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | fâche |
| nous | fâchons |
| vous | fâchez |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tu | fâche |
| nous | fâchons |
| vous | fâchez |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | French |
|---|---|
| Gerund | en fâchant |
| Past participle | fâché |
When to use each tense
Present indicative
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Je me fâche quand on me ment.” — “I get angry when someone lies to me.”
Passé simple
The passé simple is used for completed actions in the past, mainly in written and literary French. For example: “Tu te fâchas quand on me ment.” — “You got angry when someone lies to me one day.”
Imperfect
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and background description. For example: “Il se fâchait quand on me ment quand j’étais jeune.” — “He used to get angry when someone lies to me.”
Future
The future is used for what will happen, predictions and promises. For example: “Nous nous fâcherons quand on me ment.” — “We will get angry when someone lies to me tomorrow.”
Conditional
The conditional is used for what would happen, polite requests and hypothetical situations. For example: “Vous vous fâcheriez quand on me ment.” — “You would get angry when someone lies to me if you could.”
Present perfect (passé composé)
The present perfect (passé composé) is used for recent past actions and completed events. With se fâcher it is formed with être + the past participle fâché. For example: “Ils se sont fâché quand on me ment hier.” — “They have got angry when someone lies to me.”
Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)
The pluperfect (plus-que-parfait) is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Je m'étais fâché quand on me ment avant la fête.” — “I had got angry when someone lies to me before the party.”
Future perfect
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Tu te seras fâché quand on me ment.” — “You will have got angry when someone lies to me by tomorrow evening.”
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Il se serait fâché quand on me ment.” — “He would have got angry when someone lies to me if he had been able to.”
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. For example: “Il faut que je me fâche quand on me ment.” — “It is important that I get angry when someone lies to me.”
Imperfect subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive is used for the past subjunctive: wishes and hypotheticals about the past, mainly in formal writing. For example: “Il fallait que je me fâchasse quand on me ment.” — “It was important that I get angry when someone lies to me.”
Imperative (affirmative)
The imperative (affirmative) is used for direct commands and instructions. For example: “Ne te fâche pas quand on me ment !” — “Do not get angry when someone lies to me!”
Imperative (negative)
The imperative (negative) is used for prohibitions and negative commands. For example: “Ne te fâche pas quand on me ment !” — “Do not get angry when someone lies to me!”
Gerund and past participle
The gerund is en fâchant — “while getting angry” — used after en to say how something happens. The past participle is fâché, used with être for the perfect tenses, as in suis fâché.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with se fâcher, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the French and try to produce it from the English.
- “Je me fâche quand on me ment.” — “I get angry when someone lies to me.”
- “Tu te fâches quand on me ment.” — “You get angry when someone lies to me.”
- “Il se fâchait quand on me ment.” — “He used to get angry when someone lies to me.”
- “Nous nous fâcherons quand on me ment.” — “We will get angry when someone lies to me tomorrow.”
- “Je me fâcherais quand on me ment.” — “I would get angry when someone lies to me if I could.”
- “Tu t'es fâché quand on me ment.” — “You have got angry when someone lies to me.”
- “Il s'était fâché quand on me ment.” — “He had got angry when someone lies to me before the party.”
- “Nous nous serons fâché quand on me ment.” — “We will have got angry when someone lies to me by tomorrow evening.”
- “Il faut que je me fâche quand on me ment.” — “It is important that I get angry when someone lies to me.”
- “Ne te fâche pas quand on me ment !” — “Do not get angry when someone lies to me!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Je se fâcher quand on me ment.”
✓ Right: “Je me fâche quand on me ment.”
The infinitive se fâcher never takes a subject. After je you need the conjugated present form fâche.
2. Confusing se fâcher with se disputer
✗ Wrong: “Je me fâche avec mon frère pour rien.” (meant as “se disputer”)
✓ Right: “Je me fâche quand on me ment.”
se fâcher means “to get angry”; se disputer means “to argue”. Keep the two verbs apart by their meaning, not by their sound.
3. Using avoir for the passé composé
✗ Wrong: “J’ai fâché quand on me ment.”
✓ Right: “Je me suis fâché quand on me ment.”
With se fâcher the passé composé is formed with être, not avoir: suis fâché.
4. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “Il faut que je fâche quand on me ment.”
✓ Right: “Il faut que je me fâche quand on me ment.”
After il faut que French needs the subjunctive, so use fâche here, not the indicative fâche.
5. Dropping the reflexive pronoun
✗ Wrong: “Je fâche quand on me ment.”
✓ Right: “Je me fâche quand on me ment.”
se fâcher is reflexive: the pronoun (me for je) is part of the verb. Without it the sentence means something else, or nothing at all.
Quiz: test yourself
What is the je form of se fâcher in the Present indicative?
- A) fâchez
- B) fâchent
- C) fâche
- D) fâches
What is the ils/elles form of se fâcher in the Present indicative?
- A) fâchons
- B) fâchent
- C) fâches
- D) fâchez
What is the il/elle form of se fâcher in the Passé simple?
- A) fâchâtes
- B) fâchas
- C) fâcha
- D) fâchâmes
What is the nous form of se fâcher in the Imperfect?
- A) fâchais
- B) fâchions
- C) fâchaient
- D) fâchait
What is the tu form of se fâcher in the Future?
- A) fâcherons
- B) fâcherai
- C) fâcheront
- D) fâcheras
What is the je form of se fâcher in the Conditional?
- A) fâcherait
- B) fâcheraient
- C) fâcheriez
- D) fâcherais
What is the il/elle form of se fâcher in the Present perfect (passé composé)?
- A) suis fâché
- B) sont fâché
- C) est fâché
- D) sommes fâché
What is the vous form of se fâcher in the Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)?
- A) était fâché
- B) étaient fâché
- C) étiez fâché
- D) étais fâché
What is the gerund of se fâcher?
- A) fâche
- B) en fâchant
- C) fâcherai
- D) fâché
What is the past participle of se fâcher?
- A) fâche
- B) fâché
- C) fâchais
- D) en fâchant
Answer key
- C) fâche — the je form of se fâcher in the present indicative is fâche.
- B) fâchent — the ils/elles form of se fâcher in the present indicative is fâchent.
- C) fâcha — the il/elle form of se fâcher in the passé simple is fâcha.
- B) fâchions — the nous form of se fâcher in the imperfect is fâchions.
- D) fâcheras — the tu form of se fâcher in the future is fâcheras.
- D) fâcherais — the je form of se fâcher in the conditional is fâcherais.
- C) est fâché — the il/elle form of se fâcher in the present perfect (passé composé) is est fâché.
- C) étiez fâché — the vous form of se fâcher in the pluperfect (plus-que-parfait) is étiez fâché.
- B) en fâchant — the gerund of se fâcher is en fâchant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
- B) fâché — the past participle of se fâcher is fâché; perfect tenses use être + fâché.
Frequently asked questions
What does se fâcher mean in English?
se fâcher means “to get angry”. You use it in everyday situations like the examples on this page — for example, “Je me fâche quand on me ment.” (“I get angry when someone lies to me.”). It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is se fâcher regular or irregular?
se fâcher is regular: its endings follow the standard -er pattern in every tense. The gerund is en fâchant and the past participle is fâché.
What are the gerund and past participle of se fâcher?
The gerund is en fâchant — use it after en for actions in progress. The past participle is fâché — use it with être for the perfect tenses, as in suis fâché.
What is the difference between se fâcher and se disputer?
se fâcher means “to get angry”, while se disputer means “to argue”. They are easy to mix up because they appear in similar situations, but their meanings are different. If you are unsure, check the full conjugation page for se disputer and compare the meanings in context.
How do I say “I get angry” in French?
Say “Je me fâche quand on me ment.” — “I get angry when someone lies to me.” The je form of the present is fâche, and it is the form you will use most often.
How to learn se fâcher
Start with the present tense: fâche, fâches, fâche, fâchons, fâchez, fâchent. Say them in order every day for a week, then add the passé composé — suis fâché — and the imperfect — fâchais. Next, learn the future (fâcherai) and the conditional (fâcherais), which share the same stem. Finally, tackle the subjunctive (fâche) and the imperative (fâche). Write one sentence of your own in each tense, using the examples above as models, and check every form against the tables. When you can produce all six persons of the present without looking, move on to the present-tense quiz.
Related pages
- se fâcher in the present tense — the full table and uses for this verb in the present tense.
- se fâcher examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- French verbs — the full hub of French conjugation pages.
- French present tense guide — how this tense works for regular verbs.
- Se disputer conjugation — another French verb to practise with.
- Sinquieter conjugation — another French verb to practise with.
- Spanish verbs — the full hub of Spanish conjugation pages.
- Verb Conjugator — practise se fâcher with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise se fâcher with the interactive tool.
- Reflexive Verb Conjugator — practise reflexive verbs with the interactive tool.
- VerbFlow home — back to the start.