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’ | apporte | I bring | |
| tu | apportes | you bring | |
| il / elle / on | apporte | he / she / it bringson: we bring / one brings | |
| nous | apportons | we bring | |
| vous | apportez | you bring | |
| ils / elles | apportent | they bring |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul apporte un gâteau à la fête.
Paul brings a cake to the party.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai apporté | I brought | |
| tu | as apporté | you brought | |
| il / elle / on | a apporté | he / she / it broughton: we brought / one brought | |
| nous | avons apporté | we brought | |
| vous | avez apporté | you brought | |
| ils / elles | ont apporté | they brought |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a apporté un gâteau à la fête.
Yesterday, Paul brought a cake to the party.
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’ | apportais | I used to bring | |
| tu | apportais | you used to bring | |
| il / elle / on | apportait | he / she / it used to bringon: we used to bring / one used to bring | |
| nous | apportions | we used to bring | |
| vous | apportiez | you used to bring | |
| ils / elles | apportaient | they used to bring |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul apportait un gâteau à la fête.
Back then, Paul used to bring a cake to the party.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apporterai | I will bring | |
| tu | apporteras | you will bring | |
| il / elle / on | apportera | he / she / it will bringon: we will bring / one will bring | |
| nous | apporterons | we will bring | |
| vous | apporterez | you will bring | |
| ils / elles | apporteront | they will bring |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul apportera un gâteau à la fête.
Later, Paul will bring a cake to the party.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apporterais | I would bring | |
| tu | apporterais | you would bring | |
| il / elle / on | apporterait | he / she / it would bringon: we would bring / one would bring | |
| nous | apporterions | we would bring | |
| vous | apporteriez | you would bring | |
| ils / elles | apporteraient | they would bring |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul apporterait un gâteau à la fête.
Paul would bring a cake to the party.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apporte | (that) I bring | |
| tu | apportes | (that) you bring | |
| il / elle / on | apporte | (that) he / she / it bringson: (that) we bring / one brings | |
| nous | apportions | (that) we bring | |
| vous | apportiez | (that) you bring | |
| ils / elles | apportent | (that) they bring |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul apporte un gâteau à la fête.
It is possible that Paul brings a cake 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 (something)
- to take
- to give (support), to give, supply (explanation etc.)
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