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 welcome.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accueille | I welcome | |
| tu | accueilles | you welcome | |
| il / elle / on | accueille | he / she / it welcomeson: we welcome / one welcomes | |
| nous | accueillons | we welcome | |
| vous | accueillez | you welcome | |
| ils / elles | accueillent | they welcome |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul accueille les invités à la porte.
Paul welcomes the guests at the door.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accueilli | I welcomed | |
| tu | as accueilli | you welcomed | |
| il / elle / on | a accueilli | he / she / it welcomedon: we welcomed / one welcomed | |
| nous | avons accueilli | we welcomed | |
| vous | avez accueilli | you welcomed | |
| ils / elles | ont accueilli | they welcomed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a accueilli les invités à la porte.
Yesterday, Paul welcomed the guests at the door.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accueillais | I used to welcome | |
| tu | accueillais | you used to welcome | |
| il / elle / on | accueillait | he / she / it used to welcomeon: we used to welcome / one used to welcome | |
| nous | accueillions | we used to welcome | |
| vous | accueilliez | you used to welcome | |
| ils / elles | accueillaient | they used to welcome |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul accueillait les invités à la porte.
Back then, Paul used to welcome the guests at the door.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accueillirai / accueillerai | I will welcome | |
| tu | accueilliras / accueilleras | you will welcome | |
| il / elle / on | accueillira / accueillera | he / she / it will welcomeon: we will welcome / one will welcome | |
| nous | accueillirons / accueillerons | we will welcome | |
| vous | accueillirez / accueillerez | you will welcome | |
| ils / elles | accueilliront / accueilleront | they will welcome |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul accueillira les invités à la porte.
Later, Paul will welcome the guests at the door.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accueillirais / accueillerais | I would welcome | |
| tu | accueillirais / accueillerais | you would welcome | |
| il / elle / on | accueillirait / accueillerait | he / she / it would welcomeon: we would welcome / one would welcome | |
| nous | accueillirions / accueillerions | we would welcome | |
| vous | accueilliriez / accueilleriez | you would welcome | |
| ils / elles | accueilliraient / accueilleraient | they would welcome |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul accueillirait les invités à la porte.
Paul would welcome the guests at the door.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accueille | (that) I welcome | |
| tu | accueilles | (that) you welcome | |
| il / elle / on | accueille | (that) he / she / it welcomeson: (that) we welcome / one welcomes | |
| nous | accueillions | (that) we welcome | |
| vous | accueilliez | (that) you welcome | |
| ils / elles | accueillent | (that) they welcome |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul accueille les invités à la porte.
It is possible that Paul welcomes the guests at the door.
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 welcome, to accommodate
- to host
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