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 admit.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admets | I admit | |
| tu | admets | you admit | |
| il / elle / on | admet | he / she / it admitson: we admit / one admits | |
| nous | admettons | we admit | |
| vous | admettez | you admit | |
| ils / elles | admettent | they admit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul admet son erreur.
Paul admits his mistake.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai admis | I admitted | |
| tu | as admis | you admitted | |
| il / elle / on | a admis | he / she / it admittedon: we admitted / one admitted | |
| nous | avons admis | we admitted | |
| vous | avez admis | you admitted | |
| ils / elles | ont admis | they admitted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a admis son erreur.
Yesterday, Paul admitted his mistake.
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’ | admettais | I used to admit | |
| tu | admettais | you used to admit | |
| il / elle / on | admettait | he / she / it used to admiton: we used to admit / one used to admit | |
| nous | admettions | we used to admit | |
| vous | admettiez | you used to admit | |
| ils / elles | admettaient | they used to admit |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul admettait son erreur.
Back then, Paul used to admit his mistake.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admettrai | I will admit | |
| tu | admettras | you will admit | |
| il / elle / on | admettra | he / she / it will admiton: we will admit / one will admit | |
| nous | admettrons | we will admit | |
| vous | admettrez | you will admit | |
| ils / elles | admettront | they will admit |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul admettra son erreur.
Later, Paul will admit his mistake.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admettrais | I would admit | |
| tu | admettrais | you would admit | |
| il / elle / on | admettrait | he / she / it would admiton: we would admit / one would admit | |
| nous | admettrions | we would admit | |
| vous | admettriez | you would admit | |
| ils / elles | admettraient | they would admit |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul admettrait son erreur.
Paul would admit his mistake.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admette | (that) I admit | |
| tu | admettes | (that) you admit | |
| il / elle / on | admette | (that) he / she / it admitson: (that) we admit / one admits | |
| nous | admettions | (that) we admit | |
| vous | admettiez | (that) you admit | |
| ils / elles | admettent | (that) they admit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul admette son erreur.
It is possible that Paul admits his mistake.
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 admit, to accept, to recognize
- to admit (into), to accept (into) (a hospital or a university)
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