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 cancel.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annule | I cancel | |
| tu | annules | you cancel | |
| il / elle / on | annule | he / she / it cancelson: we cancel / one cancels | |
| nous | annulons | we cancel | |
| vous | annulez | you cancel | |
| ils / elles | annulent | they cancel |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul annule sa réservation à l'hôtel.
Paul cancels his hotel reservation.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai annulé | I cancelled | |
| tu | as annulé | you cancelled | |
| il / elle / on | a annulé | he / she / it cancelledon: we cancelled / one cancelled | |
| nous | avons annulé | we cancelled | |
| vous | avez annulé | you cancelled | |
| ils / elles | ont annulé | they cancelled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a annulé sa réservation à l'hôtel.
Yesterday, Paul cancelled his hotel reservation.
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’ | annulais | I used to cancel | |
| tu | annulais | you used to cancel | |
| il / elle / on | annulait | he / she / it used to cancelon: we used to cancel / one used to cancel | |
| nous | annulions | we used to cancel | |
| vous | annuliez | you used to cancel | |
| ils / elles | annulaient | they used to cancel |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul annulait sa réservation à l'hôtel.
Back then, Paul used to cancel his hotel reservation.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annulerai | I will cancel | |
| tu | annuleras | you will cancel | |
| il / elle / on | annulera | he / she / it will cancelon: we will cancel / one will cancel | |
| nous | annulerons | we will cancel | |
| vous | annulerez | you will cancel | |
| ils / elles | annuleront | they will cancel |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul annulera sa réservation à l'hôtel.
Later, Paul will cancel his hotel reservation.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annulerais | I would cancel | |
| tu | annulerais | you would cancel | |
| il / elle / on | annulerait | he / she / it would cancelon: we would cancel / one would cancel | |
| nous | annulerions | we would cancel | |
| vous | annuleriez | you would cancel | |
| ils / elles | annuleraient | they would cancel |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul annulerait sa réservation à l'hôtel.
Paul would cancel his hotel reservation.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | annule | (that) I cancel | |
| tu | annules | (that) you cancel | |
| il / elle / on | annule | (that) he / she / it cancelson: (that) we cancel / one cancels | |
| nous | annulions | (that) we cancel | |
| vous | annuliez | (that) you cancel | |
| ils / elles | annulent | (that) they cancel |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul annule sa réservation à l'hôtel.
It is possible that Paul cancels his hotel reservation.
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 cancel (to invalidate, to annul)
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