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 complete.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accomplis | I complete | |
| tu | accomplis | you complete | |
| il / elle / on | accomplit | he / she / it completeson: we complete / one completes | |
| nous | accomplissons | we complete | |
| vous | accomplissez | you complete | |
| ils / elles | accomplissent | they complete |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul accomplit cette mission avec soin.
Paul completes this assignment carefully.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accompli | I completed | |
| tu | as accompli | you completed | |
| il / elle / on | a accompli | he / she / it completedon: we completed / one completed | |
| nous | avons accompli | we completed | |
| vous | avez accompli | you completed | |
| ils / elles | ont accompli | they completed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a accompli cette mission avec soin.
Yesterday, Paul completed this assignment carefully.
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’ | accomplissais | I used to complete | |
| tu | accomplissais | you used to complete | |
| il / elle / on | accomplissait | he / she / it used to completeon: we used to complete / one used to complete | |
| nous | accomplissions | we used to complete | |
| vous | accomplissiez | you used to complete | |
| ils / elles | accomplissaient | they used to complete |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul accomplissait cette mission avec soin.
Back then, Paul used to complete this assignment carefully.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accomplirai | I will complete | |
| tu | accompliras | you will complete | |
| il / elle / on | accomplira | he / she / it will completeon: we will complete / one will complete | |
| nous | accomplirons | we will complete | |
| vous | accomplirez | you will complete | |
| ils / elles | accompliront | they will complete |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul accomplira cette mission avec soin.
Later, Paul will complete this assignment carefully.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accomplirais | I would complete | |
| tu | accomplirais | you would complete | |
| il / elle / on | accomplirait | he / she / it would completeon: we would complete / one would complete | |
| nous | accomplirions | we would complete | |
| vous | accompliriez | you would complete | |
| ils / elles | accompliraient | they would complete |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul accomplirait cette mission avec soin.
Paul would complete this assignment carefully.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accomplisse | (that) I complete | |
| tu | accomplisses | (that) you complete | |
| il / elle / on | accomplisse | (that) he / she / it completeson: (that) we complete / one completes | |
| nous | accomplissions | (that) we complete | |
| vous | accomplissiez | (that) you complete | |
| ils / elles | accomplissent | (that) they complete |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul accomplisse cette mission avec soin.
It is possible that Paul completes this assignment carefully.
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 accomplish
- to achieve
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