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 administer.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | administre | I administer | |
| tu | administres | you administer | |
| il / elle / on | administre | he / she / it administerson: we administer / one administers | |
| nous | administrons | we administer | |
| vous | administrez | you administer | |
| ils / elles | administrent | they administer |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
L'infirmier administre le médicament au patient.
The nurse administers the medicine to the patient.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai administré | I administered | |
| tu | as administré | you administered | |
| il / elle / on | a administré | he / she / it administeredon: we administered / one administered | |
| nous | avons administré | we administered | |
| vous | avez administré | you administered | |
| ils / elles | ont administré | they administered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, l'infirmier a administré le médicament au patient.
Yesterday, the nurse administered the medicine to the patient.
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’ | administrais | I used to administer | |
| tu | administrais | you used to administer | |
| il / elle / on | administrait | he / she / it used to administeron: we used to administer / one used to administer | |
| nous | administrions | we used to administer | |
| vous | administriez | you used to administer | |
| ils / elles | administraient | they used to administer |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, l'infirmier administrait le médicament au patient.
Back then, the nurse used to administer the medicine to the patient.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | administrerai | I will administer | |
| tu | administreras | you will administer | |
| il / elle / on | administrera | he / she / it will administeron: we will administer / one will administer | |
| nous | administrerons | we will administer | |
| vous | administrerez | you will administer | |
| ils / elles | administreront | they will administer |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, l'infirmier administrera le médicament au patient.
Later, the nurse will administer the medicine to the patient.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | administrerais | I would administer | |
| tu | administrerais | you would administer | |
| il / elle / on | administrerait | he / she / it would administeron: we would administer / one would administer | |
| nous | administrerions | we would administer | |
| vous | administreriez | you would administer | |
| ils / elles | administreraient | they would administer |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
L'infirmier administrerait le médicament au patient.
The nurse would administer the medicine to the patient.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | administre | (that) I administer | |
| tu | administres | (that) you administer | |
| il / elle / on | administre | (that) he / she / it administerson: (that) we administer / one administers | |
| nous | administrions | (that) we administer | |
| vous | administriez | (that) you administer | |
| ils / elles | administrent | (that) they administer |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que l'infirmier administre le médicament au patient.
It is possible that the nurse administers the medicine to the patient.
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 administer
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