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 calm.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apaise | I calm | |
| tu | apaises | you calm | |
| il / elle / on | apaise | he / she / it calmson: we calm / one calms | |
| nous | apaisons | we calm | |
| vous | apaisez | you calm | |
| ils / elles | apaisent | they calm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul apaise les inquiétudes de son fils.
Paul calms his son's worries.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai apaisé | I calmed | |
| tu | as apaisé | you calmed | |
| il / elle / on | a apaisé | he / she / it calmedon: we calmed / one calmed | |
| nous | avons apaisé | we calmed | |
| vous | avez apaisé | you calmed | |
| ils / elles | ont apaisé | they calmed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a apaisé les inquiétudes de son fils.
Yesterday, Paul calmed his son's worries.
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’ | apaisais | I used to calm | |
| tu | apaisais | you used to calm | |
| il / elle / on | apaisait | he / she / it used to calmon: we used to calm / one used to calm | |
| nous | apaisions | we used to calm | |
| vous | apaisiez | you used to calm | |
| ils / elles | apaisaient | they used to calm |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul apaisait les inquiétudes de son fils.
Back then, Paul used to calm his son's worries.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apaiserai | I will calm | |
| tu | apaiseras | you will calm | |
| il / elle / on | apaisera | he / she / it will calmon: we will calm / one will calm | |
| nous | apaiserons | we will calm | |
| vous | apaiserez | you will calm | |
| ils / elles | apaiseront | they will calm |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul apaisera les inquiétudes de son fils.
Later, Paul will calm his son's worries.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apaiserais | I would calm | |
| tu | apaiserais | you would calm | |
| il / elle / on | apaiserait | he / she / it would calmon: we would calm / one would calm | |
| nous | apaiserions | we would calm | |
| vous | apaiseriez | you would calm | |
| ils / elles | apaiseraient | they would calm |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul apaiserait les inquiétudes de son fils.
Paul would calm his son's worries.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apaise | (that) I calm | |
| tu | apaises | (that) you calm | |
| il / elle / on | apaise | (that) he / she / it calmson: (that) we calm / one calms | |
| nous | apaisions | (that) we calm | |
| vous | apaisiez | (that) you calm | |
| ils / elles | apaisent | (that) they calm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul apaise les inquiétudes de son fils.
It is possible that Paul calms his son's worries.
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 mollify; to appease, pacify, calm
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