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 accompany.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accompagne | I accompany | |
| tu | accompagnes | you accompany | |
| il / elle / on | accompagne | he / she / it accompanieson: we accompany / one accompanies | |
| nous | accompagnons | we accompany | |
| vous | accompagnez | you accompany | |
| ils / elles | accompagnent | they accompany |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul accompagne son ami à la gare.
Paul accompanies his friend to the station.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accompagné | I accompanied | |
| tu | as accompagné | you accompanied | |
| il / elle / on | a accompagné | he / she / it accompaniedon: we accompanied / one accompanied | |
| nous | avons accompagné | we accompanied | |
| vous | avez accompagné | you accompanied | |
| ils / elles | ont accompagné | they accompanied |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a accompagné son ami à la gare.
Yesterday, Paul accompanied his friend to the station.
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’ | accompagnais | I used to accompany | |
| tu | accompagnais | you used to accompany | |
| il / elle / on | accompagnait | he / she / it used to accompanyon: we used to accompany / one used to accompany | |
| nous | accompagnions | we used to accompany | |
| vous | accompagniez | you used to accompany | |
| ils / elles | accompagnaient | they used to accompany |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul accompagnait son ami à la gare.
Back then, Paul used to accompany his friend to the station.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accompagnerai | I will accompany | |
| tu | accompagneras | you will accompany | |
| il / elle / on | accompagnera | he / she / it will accompanyon: we will accompany / one will accompany | |
| nous | accompagnerons | we will accompany | |
| vous | accompagnerez | you will accompany | |
| ils / elles | accompagneront | they will accompany |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul accompagnera son ami à la gare.
Later, Paul will accompany his friend to the station.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accompagnerais | I would accompany | |
| tu | accompagnerais | you would accompany | |
| il / elle / on | accompagnerait | he / she / it would accompanyon: we would accompany / one would accompany | |
| nous | accompagnerions | we would accompany | |
| vous | accompagneriez | you would accompany | |
| ils / elles | accompagneraient | they would accompany |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul accompagnerait son ami à la gare.
Paul would accompany his friend to the station.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accompagne | (that) I accompany | |
| tu | accompagnes | (that) you accompany | |
| il / elle / on | accompagne | (that) he / she / it accompanieson: (that) we accompany / one accompanies | |
| nous | accompagnions | (that) we accompany | |
| vous | accompagniez | (that) you accompany | |
| ils / elles | accompagnent | (that) they accompany |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul accompagne son ami à la gare.
It is possible that Paul accompanies his friend to the station.
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 accompany, to escort
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