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 bring.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | amène | I bring | |
| tu | amènes | you bring | |
| il / elle / on | amène | he / she / it bringson: we bring / one brings | |
| nous | amenons | we bring | |
| vous | amenez | you bring | |
| ils / elles | amènent | they bring |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul amène son frère à la fête.
Paul brings his brother to the party.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai amené | I brought | |
| tu | as amené | you brought | |
| il / elle / on | a amené | he / she / it broughton: we brought / one brought | |
| nous | avons amené | we brought | |
| vous | avez amené | you brought | |
| ils / elles | ont amené | they brought |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a amené son frère à la fête.
Yesterday, Paul brought his brother to the party.
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’ | amenais | I used to bring | |
| tu | amenais | you used to bring | |
| il / elle / on | amenait | he / she / it used to bringon: we used to bring / one used to bring | |
| nous | amenions | we used to bring | |
| vous | ameniez | you used to bring | |
| ils / elles | amenaient | they used to bring |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul amenait son frère à la fête.
Back then, Paul used to bring his brother to the party.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | amènerai | I will bring | |
| tu | amèneras | you will bring | |
| il / elle / on | amènera | he / she / it will bringon: we will bring / one will bring | |
| nous | amènerons | we will bring | |
| vous | amènerez | you will bring | |
| ils / elles | amèneront | they will bring |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul amènera son frère à la fête.
Later, Paul will bring his brother to the party.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | amènerais | I would bring | |
| tu | amènerais | you would bring | |
| il / elle / on | amènerait | he / she / it would bringon: we would bring / one would bring | |
| nous | amènerions | we would bring | |
| vous | amèneriez | you would bring | |
| ils / elles | amèneraient | they would bring |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul amènerait son frère à la fête.
Paul would bring his brother to the party.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | amène | (that) I bring | |
| tu | amènes | (that) you bring | |
| il / elle / on | amène | (that) he / she / it bringson: (that) we bring / one brings | |
| nous | amenions | (that) we bring | |
| vous | ameniez | (that) you bring | |
| ils / elles | amènent | (that) they bring |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul amène son frère à la fête.
It is possible that Paul brings his brother to the party.
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 bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride
- to reel in (a fish)
- to lead
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