Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to abolish.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | abolis | I abolish | |
| tu | abolis | you abolish | |
| il / elle / on | abolit | he / she / it abolisheson: we abolish / one abolishes | |
| nous | abolissons | we abolish | |
| vous | abolissez | you abolish | |
| ils / elles | abolissent | they abolish |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le gouvernement abolit cette taxe.
The government abolishes this tax.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai aboli | I abolished | |
| tu | as aboli | you abolished | |
| il / elle / on | a aboli | he / she / it abolishedon: we abolished / one abolished | |
| nous | avons aboli | we abolished | |
| vous | avez aboli | you abolished | |
| ils / elles | ont aboli | they abolished |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le gouvernement a aboli cette taxe.
Yesterday, the government abolished this tax.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | abolissais | I used to abolish | |
| tu | abolissais | you used to abolish | |
| il / elle / on | abolissait | he / she / it used to abolishon: we used to abolish / one used to abolish | |
| nous | abolissions | we used to abolish | |
| vous | abolissiez | you used to abolish | |
| ils / elles | abolissaient | they used to abolish |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le gouvernement abolissait cette taxe.
Back then, the government used to abolish this tax.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | abolirai | I will abolish | |
| tu | aboliras | you will abolish | |
| il / elle / on | abolira | he / she / it will abolishon: we will abolish / one will abolish | |
| nous | abolirons | we will abolish | |
| vous | abolirez | you will abolish | |
| ils / elles | aboliront | they will abolish |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le gouvernement abolira cette taxe.
Later, the government will abolish this tax.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | abolirais | I would abolish | |
| tu | abolirais | you would abolish | |
| il / elle / on | abolirait | he / she / it would abolishon: we would abolish / one would abolish | |
| nous | abolirions | we would abolish | |
| vous | aboliriez | you would abolish | |
| ils / elles | aboliraient | they would abolish |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le gouvernement abolirait cette taxe.
The government would abolish this tax.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | abolisse | (that) I abolish | |
| tu | abolisses | (that) you abolish | |
| il / elle / on | abolisse | (that) he / she / it abolisheson: (that) we abolish / one abolishes | |
| nous | abolissions | (that) we abolish | |
| vous | abolissiez | (that) you abolish | |
| ils / elles | abolissent | (that) they abolish |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le gouvernement abolisse cette taxe.
It is possible that the government abolishes this tax.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to abolish
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations