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 analyse.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | analyse | I analyse | |
| tu | analyses | you analyse | |
| il / elle / on | analyse | he / she / it analyseson: we analyse / one analyses | |
| nous | analysons | we analyse | |
| vous | analysez | you analyse | |
| ils / elles | analysent | they analyse |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le chercheur analyse les résultats de l'étude.
The researcher analyses the results of the study.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai analysé | I analysed | |
| tu | as analysé | you analysed | |
| il / elle / on | a analysé | he / she / it analysedon: we analysed / one analysed | |
| nous | avons analysé | we analysed | |
| vous | avez analysé | you analysed | |
| ils / elles | ont analysé | they analysed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le chercheur a analysé les résultats de l'étude.
Yesterday, the researcher analysed the results of the study.
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’ | analysais | I used to analyse | |
| tu | analysais | you used to analyse | |
| il / elle / on | analysait | he / she / it used to analyseon: we used to analyse / one used to analyse | |
| nous | analysions | we used to analyse | |
| vous | analysiez | you used to analyse | |
| ils / elles | analysaient | they used to analyse |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le chercheur analysait les résultats de l'étude.
Back then, the researcher used to analyse the results of the study.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | analyserai | I will analyse | |
| tu | analyseras | you will analyse | |
| il / elle / on | analysera | he / she / it will analyseon: we will analyse / one will analyse | |
| nous | analyserons | we will analyse | |
| vous | analyserez | you will analyse | |
| ils / elles | analyseront | they will analyse |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le chercheur analysera les résultats de l'étude.
Later, the researcher will analyse the results of the study.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | analyserais | I would analyse | |
| tu | analyserais | you would analyse | |
| il / elle / on | analyserait | he / she / it would analyseon: we would analyse / one would analyse | |
| nous | analyserions | we would analyse | |
| vous | analyseriez | you would analyse | |
| ils / elles | analyseraient | they would analyse |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le chercheur analyserait les résultats de l'étude.
The researcher would analyse the results of the study.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | analyse | (that) I analyse | |
| tu | analyses | (that) you analyse | |
| il / elle / on | analyse | (that) he / she / it analyseson: (that) we analyse / one analyses | |
| nous | analysions | (that) we analyse | |
| vous | analysiez | (that) you analyse | |
| ils / elles | analysent | (that) they analyse |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le chercheur analyse les résultats de l'étude.
It is possible that the researcher analyses the results of the study.
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 analyse
- to parse, to construe
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