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 accumulate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accumule | I accumulate | |
| tu | accumules | you accumulate | |
| il / elle / on | accumule | he / she / it accumulateson: we accumulate / one accumulates | |
| nous | accumulons | we accumulate | |
| vous | accumulez | you accumulate | |
| ils / elles | accumulent | they accumulate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul accumule des livres dans son bureau.
Paul accumulates books in his office.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai accumulé | I accumulated | |
| tu | as accumulé | you accumulated | |
| il / elle / on | a accumulé | he / she / it accumulatedon: we accumulated / one accumulated | |
| nous | avons accumulé | we accumulated | |
| vous | avez accumulé | you accumulated | |
| ils / elles | ont accumulé | they accumulated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a accumulé des livres dans son bureau.
Yesterday, Paul accumulated books in his office.
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’ | accumulais | I used to accumulate | |
| tu | accumulais | you used to accumulate | |
| il / elle / on | accumulait | he / she / it used to accumulateon: we used to accumulate / one used to accumulate | |
| nous | accumulions | we used to accumulate | |
| vous | accumuliez | you used to accumulate | |
| ils / elles | accumulaient | they used to accumulate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul accumulait des livres dans son bureau.
Back then, Paul used to accumulate books in his office.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accumulerai | I will accumulate | |
| tu | accumuleras | you will accumulate | |
| il / elle / on | accumulera | he / she / it will accumulateon: we will accumulate / one will accumulate | |
| nous | accumulerons | we will accumulate | |
| vous | accumulerez | you will accumulate | |
| ils / elles | accumuleront | they will accumulate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul accumulera des livres dans son bureau.
Later, Paul will accumulate books in his office.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accumulerais | I would accumulate | |
| tu | accumulerais | you would accumulate | |
| il / elle / on | accumulerait | he / she / it would accumulateon: we would accumulate / one would accumulate | |
| nous | accumulerions | we would accumulate | |
| vous | accumuleriez | you would accumulate | |
| ils / elles | accumuleraient | they would accumulate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul accumulerait des livres dans son bureau.
Paul would accumulate books in his office.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | accumule | (that) I accumulate | |
| tu | accumules | (that) you accumulate | |
| il / elle / on | accumule | (that) he / she / it accumulateson: (that) we accumulate / one accumulates | |
| nous | accumulions | (that) we accumulate | |
| vous | accumuliez | (that) you accumulate | |
| ils / elles | accumulent | (that) they accumulate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul accumule des livres dans son bureau.
It is possible that Paul accumulates books in his office.
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 accumulate
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