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 display.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | affiche | I display | |
| tu | affiches | you display | |
| il / elle / on | affiche | he / she / it displayson: we display / one displays | |
| nous | affichons | we display | |
| vous | affichez | you display | |
| ils / elles | affichent | they display |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le commerçant affiche les prix dans la vitrine.
The shopkeeper displays the prices in the shop window.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai affiché | I displayed | |
| tu | as affiché | you displayed | |
| il / elle / on | a affiché | he / she / it displayedon: we displayed / one displayed | |
| nous | avons affiché | we displayed | |
| vous | avez affiché | you displayed | |
| ils / elles | ont affiché | they displayed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le commerçant a affiché les prix dans la vitrine.
Yesterday, the shopkeeper displayed the prices in the shop window.
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’ | affichais | I used to display | |
| tu | affichais | you used to display | |
| il / elle / on | affichait | he / she / it used to displayon: we used to display / one used to display | |
| nous | affichions | we used to display | |
| vous | affichiez | you used to display | |
| ils / elles | affichaient | they used to display |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le commerçant affichait les prix dans la vitrine.
Back then, the shopkeeper used to display the prices in the shop window.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | afficherai | I will display | |
| tu | afficheras | you will display | |
| il / elle / on | affichera | he / she / it will displayon: we will display / one will display | |
| nous | afficherons | we will display | |
| vous | afficherez | you will display | |
| ils / elles | afficheront | they will display |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le commerçant affichera les prix dans la vitrine.
Later, the shopkeeper will display the prices in the shop window.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | afficherais | I would display | |
| tu | afficherais | you would display | |
| il / elle / on | afficherait | he / she / it would displayon: we would display / one would display | |
| nous | afficherions | we would display | |
| vous | afficheriez | you would display | |
| ils / elles | afficheraient | they would display |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le commerçant afficherait les prix dans la vitrine.
The shopkeeper would display the prices in the shop window.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | affiche | (that) I display | |
| tu | affiches | (that) you display | |
| il / elle / on | affiche | (that) he / she / it displayson: (that) we display / one displays | |
| nous | affichions | (that) we display | |
| vous | affichiez | (that) you display | |
| ils / elles | affichent | (that) they display |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le commerçant affiche les prix dans la vitrine.
It is possible that the shopkeeper displays the prices in the shop window.
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 put up (a notice etc)
- to display
- to show
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