accuser: conjugation and meaning · How to Learn French

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 accuse.”

Present Présent

Habits, current states, and actions happening now.

accuser: Present, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	accuse	I accuse
tu	accuses	you accuse
il / elle / on	accuse	he / she / it accuseson: we accuse / one accuses
nous	accusons	we accuse
vous	accusez	you accuse
ils / elles	accusent	they accuse

IN A SENTENCEPresent example

Le personnage accuse son voisin de mensonge dans le roman.

The character accuses his neighbour of lying in the novel.

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Passé composé

Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.

accuser: Passé composé, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	ai accusé	I accused
tu	as accusé	you accused
il / elle / on	a accusé	he / she / it accusedon: we accused / one accused
nous	avons accusé	we accused
vous	avez accusé	you accused
ils / elles	ont accusé	they accused

IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example

Hier, le personnage a accusé son voisin de mensonge dans le roman.

Yesterday, the character accused his neighbour of lying in the novel.

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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Imperfect Imparfait

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

accuser: Imperfect, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	accusais	I used to accuse
tu	accusais	you used to accuse
il / elle / on	accusait	he / she / it used to accuseon: we used to accuse / one used to accuse
nous	accusions	we used to accuse
vous	accusiez	you used to accuse
ils / elles	accusaient	they used to accuse

IN A SENTENCEImperfect example

Autrefois, le personnage accusait son voisin de mensonge dans le roman.

Back then, the character used to accuse his neighbour of lying in the novel.

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Future Futur simple

Future events and predictions.

accuser: Future, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	accuserai	I will accuse
tu	accuseras	you will accuse
il / elle / on	accusera	he / she / it will accuseon: we will accuse / one will accuse
nous	accuserons	we will accuse
vous	accuserez	you will accuse
ils / elles	accuseront	they will accuse

IN A SENTENCEFuture example

Plus tard, le personnage accusera son voisin de mensonge dans le roman.

Later, the character will accuse his neighbour of lying in the novel.

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Conditional Conditionnel présent

Hypothetical events and polite requests.

accuser: Conditional, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	accuserais	I would accuse
tu	accuserais	you would accuse
il / elle / on	accuserait	he / she / it would accuseon: we would accuse / one would accuse
nous	accuserions	we would accuse
vous	accuseriez	you would accuse
ils / elles	accuseraient	they would accuse

IN A SENTENCEConditional example

Le personnage accuserait son voisin de mensonge dans le roman.

The character would accuse his neighbour of lying in the novel.

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Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent

Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.

accuser: Present subjunctive, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	accuse	(that) I accuse
tu	accuses	(that) you accuse
il / elle / on	accuse	(that) he / she / it accuseson: (that) we accuse / one accuses
nous	accusions	(that) we accuse
vous	accusiez	(that) you accuse
ils / elles	accusent	(that) they accuse

IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example

Il est possible que le personnage accuse son voisin de mensonge dans le roman.

It is possible that the character accuses his neighbour of lying in the novel.

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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 accuse
to find fault with
to show; to reveal

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