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 add.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajoute | I add | |
| tu | ajoutes | you add | |
| il / elle / on | ajoute | he / she / it addson: we add / one adds | |
| nous | ajoutons | we add | |
| vous | ajoutez | you add | |
| ils / elles | ajoutent | they add |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul ajoute du lait dans son café.
Paul adds milk to his coffee.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai ajouté | I added | |
| tu | as ajouté | you added | |
| il / elle / on | a ajouté | he / she / it addedon: we added / one added | |
| nous | avons ajouté | we added | |
| vous | avez ajouté | you added | |
| ils / elles | ont ajouté | they added |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a ajouté du lait dans son café.
Yesterday, Paul added milk to his coffee.
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’ | ajoutais | I used to add | |
| tu | ajoutais | you used to add | |
| il / elle / on | ajoutait | he / she / it used to addon: we used to add / one used to add | |
| nous | ajoutions | we used to add | |
| vous | ajoutiez | you used to add | |
| ils / elles | ajoutaient | they used to add |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul ajoutait du lait dans son café.
Back then, Paul used to add milk to his coffee.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajouterai | I will add | |
| tu | ajouteras | you will add | |
| il / elle / on | ajoutera | he / she / it will addon: we will add / one will add | |
| nous | ajouterons | we will add | |
| vous | ajouterez | you will add | |
| ils / elles | ajouteront | they will add |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul ajoutera du lait dans son café.
Later, Paul will add milk to his coffee.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajouterais | I would add | |
| tu | ajouterais | you would add | |
| il / elle / on | ajouterait | he / she / it would addon: we would add / one would add | |
| nous | ajouterions | we would add | |
| vous | ajouteriez | you would add | |
| ils / elles | ajouteraient | they would add |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul ajouterait du lait dans son café.
Paul would add milk to his coffee.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajoute | (that) I add | |
| tu | ajoutes | (that) you add | |
| il / elle / on | ajoute | (that) he / she / it addson: (that) we add / one adds | |
| nous | ajoutions | (that) we add | |
| vous | ajoutiez | (that) you add | |
| ils / elles | ajoutent | (that) they add |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul ajoute du lait dans son café.
It is possible that Paul adds milk to his coffee.
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 add, append
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