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 admire.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admire | I admire | |
| tu | admires | you admire | |
| il / elle / on | admire | he / she / it admireson: we admire / one admires | |
| nous | admirons | we admire | |
| vous | admirez | you admire | |
| ils / elles | admirent | they admire |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul admire le coucher de soleil sur la mer.
Paul admires the sunset over the sea.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai admiré | I admired | |
| tu | as admiré | you admired | |
| il / elle / on | a admiré | he / she / it admiredon: we admired / one admired | |
| nous | avons admiré | we admired | |
| vous | avez admiré | you admired | |
| ils / elles | ont admiré | they admired |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a admiré le coucher de soleil sur la mer.
Yesterday, Paul admired the sunset over the sea.
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’ | admirais | I used to admire | |
| tu | admirais | you used to admire | |
| il / elle / on | admirait | he / she / it used to admireon: we used to admire / one used to admire | |
| nous | admirions | we used to admire | |
| vous | admiriez | you used to admire | |
| ils / elles | admiraient | they used to admire |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul admirait le coucher de soleil sur la mer.
Back then, Paul used to admire the sunset over the sea.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admirerai | I will admire | |
| tu | admireras | you will admire | |
| il / elle / on | admirera | he / she / it will admireon: we will admire / one will admire | |
| nous | admirerons | we will admire | |
| vous | admirerez | you will admire | |
| ils / elles | admireront | they will admire |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul admirera le coucher de soleil sur la mer.
Later, Paul will admire the sunset over the sea.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admirerais | I would admire | |
| tu | admirerais | you would admire | |
| il / elle / on | admirerait | he / she / it would admireon: we would admire / one would admire | |
| nous | admirerions | we would admire | |
| vous | admireriez | you would admire | |
| ils / elles | admireraient | they would admire |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul admirerait le coucher de soleil sur la mer.
Paul would admire the sunset over the sea.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | admire | (that) I admire | |
| tu | admires | (that) you admire | |
| il / elle / on | admire | (that) he / she / it admireson: (that) we admire / one admires | |
| nous | admirions | (that) we admire | |
| vous | admiriez | (that) you admire | |
| ils / elles | admirent | (that) they admire |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul admire le coucher de soleil sur la mer.
It is possible that Paul admires the sunset over the sea.
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 admire
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