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 appreciate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apprécie | I appreciate | |
| tu | apprécies | you appreciate | |
| il / elle / on | apprécie | he / she / it appreciateson: we appreciate / one appreciates | |
| nous | apprécions | we appreciate | |
| vous | appréciez | you appreciate | |
| ils / elles | apprécient | they appreciate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul apprécie l'aide de ses voisins.
Paul appreciates his neighbors' help.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai apprécié | I appreciated | |
| tu | as apprécié | you appreciated | |
| il / elle / on | a apprécié | he / she / it appreciatedon: we appreciated / one appreciated | |
| nous | avons apprécié | we appreciated | |
| vous | avez apprécié | you appreciated | |
| ils / elles | ont apprécié | they appreciated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a apprécié l'aide de ses voisins.
Yesterday, Paul appreciated his neighbors' help.
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’ | appréciais | I appreciated | |
| tu | appréciais | you appreciated | |
| il / elle / on | appréciait | he / she / it appreciatedon: we appreciated / one appreciated | |
| nous | appréciions | we appreciated | |
| vous | appréciiez | you appreciated | |
| ils / elles | appréciaient | they appreciated |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul appréciait l'aide de ses voisins.
Back then, Paul appreciated his neighbors' help.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apprécierai | I will appreciate | |
| tu | apprécieras | you will appreciate | |
| il / elle / on | appréciera | he / she / it will appreciateon: we will appreciate / one will appreciate | |
| nous | apprécierons | we will appreciate | |
| vous | apprécierez | you will appreciate | |
| ils / elles | apprécieront | they will appreciate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul appréciera l'aide de ses voisins.
Later, Paul will appreciate his neighbors' help.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apprécierais | I would appreciate | |
| tu | apprécierais | you would appreciate | |
| il / elle / on | apprécierait | he / she / it would appreciateon: we would appreciate / one would appreciate | |
| nous | apprécierions | we would appreciate | |
| vous | apprécieriez | you would appreciate | |
| ils / elles | apprécieraient | they would appreciate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul apprécierait l'aide de ses voisins.
Paul would appreciate his neighbors' help.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | apprécie | (that) I appreciate | |
| tu | apprécies | (that) you appreciate | |
| il / elle / on | apprécie | (that) he / she / it appreciateson: (that) we appreciate / one appreciates | |
| nous | appréciions | (that) we appreciate | |
| vous | appréciiez | (that) you appreciate | |
| ils / elles | apprécient | (that) they appreciate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul apprécie l'aide de ses voisins.
It is possible that Paul appreciates his neighbors' help.
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 appreciate
- to like
- to evaluate or measure quantitatively; to appraise
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