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 combine.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | allie | I combine | |
| tu | allies | you combine | |
| il / elle / on | allie | he / she / it combineson: we combine / one combines | |
| nous | allions | we combine | |
| vous | alliez | you combine | |
| ils / elles | allient | they combine |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce restaurant allie cuisine locale et créativité.
This restaurant combines local cuisine with creativity.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai allié | I combined | |
| tu | as allié | you combined | |
| il / elle / on | a allié | he / she / it combinedon: we combined / one combined | |
| nous | avons allié | we combined | |
| vous | avez allié | you combined | |
| ils / elles | ont allié | they combined |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce restaurant a allié cuisine locale et créativité.
Yesterday, this restaurant combined local cuisine with creativity.
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’ | alliais | I used to combine | |
| tu | alliais | you used to combine | |
| il / elle / on | alliait | he / she / it used to combineon: we used to combine / one used to combine | |
| nous | alliions | we used to combine | |
| vous | alliiez | you used to combine | |
| ils / elles | alliaient | they used to combine |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce restaurant alliait cuisine locale et créativité.
Back then, this restaurant used to combine local cuisine with creativity.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | allierai | I will combine | |
| tu | allieras | you will combine | |
| il / elle / on | alliera | he / she / it will combineon: we will combine / one will combine | |
| nous | allierons | we will combine | |
| vous | allierez | you will combine | |
| ils / elles | allieront | they will combine |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce restaurant alliera cuisine locale et créativité.
Later, this restaurant will combine local cuisine with creativity.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | allierais | I would combine | |
| tu | allierais | you would combine | |
| il / elle / on | allierait | he / she / it would combineon: we would combine / one would combine | |
| nous | allierions | we would combine | |
| vous | allieriez | you would combine | |
| ils / elles | allieraient | they would combine |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce restaurant allierait cuisine locale et créativité.
This restaurant would combine local cuisine with creativity.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | allie | (that) I combine | |
| tu | allies | (that) you combine | |
| il / elle / on | allie | (that) he / she / it combineson: (that) we combine / one combines | |
| nous | alliions | (that) we combine | |
| vous | alliiez | (that) you combine | |
| ils / elles | allient | (that) they combine |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce restaurant allie cuisine locale et créativité.
It is possible that this restaurant combines local cuisine with creativity.
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 ally
- to alloy
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