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 adjust.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajuste | I adjust | |
| tu | ajustes | you adjust | |
| il / elle / on | ajuste | he / she / it adjustson: we adjust / one adjusts | |
| nous | ajustons | we adjust | |
| vous | ajustez | you adjust | |
| ils / elles | ajustent | they adjust |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul ajuste la hauteur de sa chaise.
Paul adjusts the height of his chair.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai ajusté | I adjusted | |
| tu | as ajusté | you adjusted | |
| il / elle / on | a ajusté | he / she / it adjustedon: we adjusted / one adjusted | |
| nous | avons ajusté | we adjusted | |
| vous | avez ajusté | you adjusted | |
| ils / elles | ont ajusté | they adjusted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a ajusté la hauteur de sa chaise.
Yesterday, Paul adjusted the height of his chair.
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’ | ajustais | I used to adjust | |
| tu | ajustais | you used to adjust | |
| il / elle / on | ajustait | he / she / it used to adjuston: we used to adjust / one used to adjust | |
| nous | ajustions | we used to adjust | |
| vous | ajustiez | you used to adjust | |
| ils / elles | ajustaient | they used to adjust |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul ajustait la hauteur de sa chaise.
Back then, Paul used to adjust the height of his chair.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajusterai | I will adjust | |
| tu | ajusteras | you will adjust | |
| il / elle / on | ajustera | he / she / it will adjuston: we will adjust / one will adjust | |
| nous | ajusterons | we will adjust | |
| vous | ajusterez | you will adjust | |
| ils / elles | ajusteront | they will adjust |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul ajustera la hauteur de sa chaise.
Later, Paul will adjust the height of his chair.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajusterais | I would adjust | |
| tu | ajusterais | you would adjust | |
| il / elle / on | ajusterait | he / she / it would adjuston: we would adjust / one would adjust | |
| nous | ajusterions | we would adjust | |
| vous | ajusteriez | you would adjust | |
| ils / elles | ajusteraient | they would adjust |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul ajusterait la hauteur de sa chaise.
Paul would adjust the height of his chair.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ajuste | (that) I adjust | |
| tu | ajustes | (that) you adjust | |
| il / elle / on | ajuste | (that) he / she / it adjustson: (that) we adjust / one adjusts | |
| nous | ajustions | (that) we adjust | |
| vous | ajustiez | (that) you adjust | |
| ils / elles | ajustent | (that) they adjust |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul ajuste la hauteur de sa chaise.
It is possible that Paul adjusts the height of his chair.
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 adjust; tweak
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