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 hang.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accroche | I hang | |
| tu | accroches | you hang | |
| il / elle / on | accroche | he / she / it hangson: we hang / one hangs | |
| nous | accrochons | we hang | |
| vous | accrochez | you hang | |
| ils / elles | accrochent | they hang |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul accroche son manteau au portemanteau.
Paul hangs his coat on the coat rack.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accroché | I hung | |
| tu | as accroché | you hung | |
| il / elle / on | a accroché | he / she / it hungon: we hung / one hung | |
| nous | avons accroché | we hung | |
| vous | avez accroché | you hung | |
| ils / elles | ont accroché | they hung |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a accroché son manteau au portemanteau.
Yesterday, Paul hung his coat on the coat rack.
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’ | accrochais | I used to hang | |
| tu | accrochais | you used to hang | |
| il / elle / on | accrochait | he / she / it used to hangon: we used to hang / one used to hang | |
| nous | accrochions | we used to hang | |
| vous | accrochiez | you used to hang | |
| ils / elles | accrochaient | they used to hang |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul accrochait son manteau au portemanteau.
Back then, Paul used to hang his coat on the coat rack.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accrocherai | I will hang | |
| tu | accrocheras | you will hang | |
| il / elle / on | accrochera | he / she / it will hangon: we will hang / one will hang | |
| nous | accrocherons | we will hang | |
| vous | accrocherez | you will hang | |
| ils / elles | accrocheront | they will hang |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul accrochera son manteau au portemanteau.
Later, Paul will hang his coat on the coat rack.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accrocherais | I would hang | |
| tu | accrocherais | you would hang | |
| il / elle / on | accrocherait | he / she / it would hangon: we would hang / one would hang | |
| nous | accrocherions | we would hang | |
| vous | accrocheriez | you would hang | |
| ils / elles | accrocheraient | they would hang |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul accrocherait son manteau au portemanteau.
Paul would hang his coat on the coat rack.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accroche | (that) I hang | |
| tu | accroches | (that) you hang | |
| il / elle / on | accroche | (that) he / she / it hangson: (that) we hang / one hangs | |
| nous | accrochions | (that) we hang | |
| vous | accrochiez | (that) you hang | |
| ils / elles | accrochent | (that) they hang |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul accroche son manteau au portemanteau.
It is possible that Paul hangs his coat on the coat rack.
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 hook, hook up (attach with a hook)
- to pick up, become attached to
- to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill)
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