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 love.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | adore | I love | |
| tu | adores | you love | |
| il / elle / on | adore | he / she / it loveson: we love / one loves | |
| nous | adorons | we love | |
| vous | adorez | you love | |
| ils / elles | adorent | they love |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul adore les promenades en forêt.
Paul loves walks in the forest.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai adoré | I loved | |
| tu | as adoré | you loved | |
| il / elle / on | a adoré | he / she / it lovedon: we loved / one loved | |
| nous | avons adoré | we loved | |
| vous | avez adoré | you loved | |
| ils / elles | ont adoré | they loved |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a adoré les promenades en forêt.
Yesterday, Paul loved walks in the forest.
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’ | adorais | I used to love | |
| tu | adorais | you used to love | |
| il / elle / on | adorait | he / she / it used to loveon: we used to love / one used to love | |
| nous | adorions | we used to love | |
| vous | adoriez | you used to love | |
| ils / elles | adoraient | they used to love |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul adorait les promenades en forêt.
Back then, Paul used to love walks in the forest.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | adorerai | I will love | |
| tu | adoreras | you will love | |
| il / elle / on | adorera | he / she / it will loveon: we will love / one will love | |
| nous | adorerons | we will love | |
| vous | adorerez | you will love | |
| ils / elles | adoreront | they will love |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul adorera les promenades en forêt.
Later, Paul will love walks in the forest.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | adorerais | I would love | |
| tu | adorerais | you would love | |
| il / elle / on | adorerait | he / she / it would loveon: we would love / one would love | |
| nous | adorerions | we would love | |
| vous | adoreriez | you would love | |
| ils / elles | adoreraient | they would love |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul adorerait les promenades en forêt.
Paul would love walks in the forest.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | adore | (that) I love | |
| tu | adores | (that) you love | |
| il / elle / on | adore | (that) he / she / it loveson: (that) we love / one loves | |
| nous | adorions | (that) we love | |
| vous | adoriez | (that) you love | |
| ils / elles | adorent | (that) they love |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul adore les promenades en forêt.
It is possible that Paul loves walks in the forest.
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 love; to adore
- to love, to adore
- to worship
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