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 assault.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agresse | I assault | |
| tu | agresses | you assault | |
| il / elle / on | agresse | he / she / it assaultson: we assault / one assaults | |
| nous | agressons | we assault | |
| vous | agressez | you assault | |
| ils / elles | agressent | they assault |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le voleur agresse un passant.
The thief assaults a passerby.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai agressé | I assaulted | |
| tu | as agressé | you assaulted | |
| il / elle / on | a agressé | he / she / it assaultedon: we assaulted / one assaulted | |
| nous | avons agressé | we assaulted | |
| vous | avez agressé | you assaulted | |
| ils / elles | ont agressé | they assaulted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le voleur a agressé un passant.
Yesterday, the thief assaulted a passerby.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agressais | I used to assault | |
| tu | agressais | you used to assault | |
| il / elle / on | agressait | he / she / it used to assaulton: we used to assault / one used to assault | |
| nous | agressions | we used to assault | |
| vous | agressiez | you used to assault | |
| ils / elles | agressaient | they used to assault |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le voleur agressait un passant.
Back then, the thief used to assault a passerby.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agresserai | I will assault | |
| tu | agresseras | you will assault | |
| il / elle / on | agressera | he / she / it will assaulton: we will assault / one will assault | |
| nous | agresserons | we will assault | |
| vous | agresserez | you will assault | |
| ils / elles | agresseront | they will assault |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le voleur agressera un passant.
Later, the thief will assault a passerby.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agresserais | I would assault | |
| tu | agresserais | you would assault | |
| il / elle / on | agresserait | he / she / it would assaulton: we would assault / one would assault | |
| nous | agresserions | we would assault | |
| vous | agresseriez | you would assault | |
| ils / elles | agresseraient | they would assault |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le voleur agresserait un passant.
The thief would assault a passerby.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | agresse | (that) I assault | |
| tu | agresses | (that) you assault | |
| il / elle / on | agresse | (that) he / she / it assaultson: (that) we assault / one assaults | |
| nous | agressions | (that) we assault | |
| vous | agressiez | (that) you assault | |
| ils / elles | agressent | (that) they assault |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le voleur agresse un passant.
It is possible that the thief assaults a passerby.
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 assault; to attack
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