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 enlarge.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agrandis | I enlarge | |
| tu | agrandis | you enlarge | |
| il / elle / on | agrandit | he / she / it enlargeson: we enlarge / one enlarges | |
| nous | agrandissons | we enlarge | |
| vous | agrandissez | you enlarge | |
| ils / elles | agrandissent | they enlarge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul agrandit la fenêtre de la cuisine.
Paul enlarges the kitchen window.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai agrandi | I enlarged | |
| tu | as agrandi | you enlarged | |
| il / elle / on | a agrandi | he / she / it enlargedon: we enlarged / one enlarged | |
| nous | avons agrandi | we enlarged | |
| vous | avez agrandi | you enlarged | |
| ils / elles | ont agrandi | they enlarged |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a agrandi la fenêtre de la cuisine.
Yesterday, Paul enlarged the kitchen 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’ | agrandissais | I used to enlarge | |
| tu | agrandissais | you used to enlarge | |
| il / elle / on | agrandissait | he / she / it used to enlargeon: we used to enlarge / one used to enlarge | |
| nous | agrandissions | we used to enlarge | |
| vous | agrandissiez | you used to enlarge | |
| ils / elles | agrandissaient | they used to enlarge |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul agrandissait la fenêtre de la cuisine.
Back then, Paul used to enlarge the kitchen window.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agrandirai | I will enlarge | |
| tu | agrandiras | you will enlarge | |
| il / elle / on | agrandira | he / she / it will enlargeon: we will enlarge / one will enlarge | |
| nous | agrandirons | we will enlarge | |
| vous | agrandirez | you will enlarge | |
| ils / elles | agrandiront | they will enlarge |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul agrandira la fenêtre de la cuisine.
Later, Paul will enlarge the kitchen window.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agrandirais | I would enlarge | |
| tu | agrandirais | you would enlarge | |
| il / elle / on | agrandirait | he / she / it would enlargeon: we would enlarge / one would enlarge | |
| nous | agrandirions | we would enlarge | |
| vous | agrandiriez | you would enlarge | |
| ils / elles | agrandiraient | they would enlarge |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul agrandirait la fenêtre de la cuisine.
Paul would enlarge the kitchen window.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agrandisse | (that) I enlarge | |
| tu | agrandisses | (that) you enlarge | |
| il / elle / on | agrandisse | (that) he / she / it enlargeson: (that) we enlarge / one enlarges | |
| nous | agrandissions | (that) we enlarge | |
| vous | agrandissiez | (that) you enlarge | |
| ils / elles | agrandissent | (that) they enlarge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul agrandisse la fenêtre de la cuisine.
It is possible that Paul enlarges the kitchen 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 enlarge, make bigger
- to extend, to expand (a house, building, area)
- to embiggen
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