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 grant.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accorde | I grant | |
| tu | accordes | you grant | |
| il / elle / on | accorde | he / she / it grantson: we grant / one grants | |
| nous | accordons | we grant | |
| vous | accordez | you grant | |
| ils / elles | accordent | they grant |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul accorde un délai supplémentaire à son ami.
Paul grants his friend extra time.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accordé | I granted | |
| tu | as accordé | you granted | |
| il / elle / on | a accordé | he / she / it grantedon: we granted / one granted | |
| nous | avons accordé | we granted | |
| vous | avez accordé | you granted | |
| ils / elles | ont accordé | they granted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a accordé un délai supplémentaire à son ami.
Yesterday, Paul granted his friend extra time.
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’ | accordais | I used to grant | |
| tu | accordais | you used to grant | |
| il / elle / on | accordait | he / she / it used to granton: we used to grant / one used to grant | |
| nous | accordions | we used to grant | |
| vous | accordiez | you used to grant | |
| ils / elles | accordaient | they used to grant |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul accordait un délai supplémentaire à son ami.
Back then, Paul used to grant his friend extra time.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accorderai | I will grant | |
| tu | accorderas | you will grant | |
| il / elle / on | accordera | he / she / it will granton: we will grant / one will grant | |
| nous | accorderons | we will grant | |
| vous | accorderez | you will grant | |
| ils / elles | accorderont | they will grant |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul accordera un délai supplémentaire à son ami.
Later, Paul will grant his friend extra time.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accorderais | I would grant | |
| tu | accorderais | you would grant | |
| il / elle / on | accorderait | he / she / it would granton: we would grant / one would grant | |
| nous | accorderions | we would grant | |
| vous | accorderiez | you would grant | |
| ils / elles | accorderaient | they would grant |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul accorderait un délai supplémentaire à son ami.
Paul would grant his friend extra time.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accorde | (that) I grant | |
| tu | accordes | (that) you grant | |
| il / elle / on | accorde | (that) he / she / it grantson: (that) we grant / one grants | |
| nous | accordions | (that) we grant | |
| vous | accordiez | (that) you grant | |
| ils / elles | accordent | (that) they grant |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul accorde un délai supplémentaire à son ami.
It is possible that Paul grants his friend extra time.
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 grant (something to someone)
- to link to, to be related to
- to make correspond grammatically
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