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 announce.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annonce | I announce | |
| tu | annonces | you announce | |
| il / elle / on | annonce | he / she / it announceson: we announce / one announces | |
| nous | annonçons | we announce | |
| vous | annoncez | you announce | |
| ils / elles | annoncent | they announce |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul annonce la bonne nouvelle à ses amis.
Paul announces the good news to his friends.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai annoncé | I announced | |
| tu | as annoncé | you announced | |
| il / elle / on | a annoncé | he / she / it announcedon: we announced / one announced | |
| nous | avons annoncé | we announced | |
| vous | avez annoncé | you announced | |
| ils / elles | ont annoncé | they announced |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a annoncé la bonne nouvelle à ses amis.
Yesterday, Paul announced the good news to his friends.
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’ | annonçais | I used to announce | |
| tu | annonçais | you used to announce | |
| il / elle / on | annonçait | he / she / it used to announceon: we used to announce / one used to announce | |
| nous | annoncions | we used to announce | |
| vous | annonciez | you used to announce | |
| ils / elles | annonçaient | they used to announce |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul annonçait la bonne nouvelle à ses amis.
Back then, Paul used to announce the good news to his friends.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annoncerai | I will announce | |
| tu | annonceras | you will announce | |
| il / elle / on | annoncera | he / she / it will announceon: we will announce / one will announce | |
| nous | annoncerons | we will announce | |
| vous | annoncerez | you will announce | |
| ils / elles | annonceront | they will announce |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul annoncera la bonne nouvelle à ses amis.
Later, Paul will announce the good news to his friends.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annoncerais | I would announce | |
| tu | annoncerais | you would announce | |
| il / elle / on | annoncerait | he / she / it would announceon: we would announce / one would announce | |
| nous | annoncerions | we would announce | |
| vous | annonceriez | you would announce | |
| ils / elles | annonceraient | they would announce |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul annoncerait la bonne nouvelle à ses amis.
Paul would announce the good news to his friends.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annonce | (that) I announce | |
| tu | annonces | (that) you announce | |
| il / elle / on | annonce | (that) he / she / it announceson: (that) we announce / one announces | |
| nous | annoncions | (that) we announce | |
| vous | annonciez | (that) you announce | |
| ils / elles | annoncent | (that) they announce |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul annonce la bonne nouvelle à ses amis.
It is possible that Paul announces the good news to his friends.
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 announce
- to predict, foretell
- to declare
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