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 arm.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | arme | I arm | |
| tu | armes | you arm | |
| il / elle / on | arme | he / she / it armson: we arm / one arms | |
| nous | armons | we arm | |
| vous | armez | you arm | |
| ils / elles | arment | they arm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
L'armurier arme les gardes.
The armorer arms the guards.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai armé | I armed | |
| tu | as armé | you armed | |
| il / elle / on | a armé | he / she / it armedon: we armed / one armed | |
| nous | avons armé | we armed | |
| vous | avez armé | you armed | |
| ils / elles | ont armé | they armed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, l'armurier a armé les gardes.
Yesterday, the armorer armed the guards.
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’ | armais | I used to arm | |
| tu | armais | you used to arm | |
| il / elle / on | armait | he / she / it used to armon: we used to arm / one used to arm | |
| nous | armions | we used to arm | |
| vous | armiez | you used to arm | |
| ils / elles | armaient | they used to arm |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, l'armurier armait les gardes.
Back then, the armorer used to arm the guards.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | armerai | I will arm | |
| tu | armeras | you will arm | |
| il / elle / on | armera | he / she / it will armon: we will arm / one will arm | |
| nous | armerons | we will arm | |
| vous | armerez | you will arm | |
| ils / elles | armeront | they will arm |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, l'armurier armera les gardes.
Later, the armorer will arm the guards.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | armerais | I would arm | |
| tu | armerais | you would arm | |
| il / elle / on | armerait | he / she / it would armon: we would arm / one would arm | |
| nous | armerions | we would arm | |
| vous | armeriez | you would arm | |
| ils / elles | armeraient | they would arm |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
L'armurier armerait les gardes.
The armorer would arm the guards.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | arme | (that) I arm | |
| tu | armes | (that) you arm | |
| il / elle / on | arme | (that) he / she / it armson: (that) we arm / one arms | |
| nous | armions | (that) we arm | |
| vous | armiez | (that) you arm | |
| ils / elles | arment | (that) they arm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que l'armurier arme les gardes.
It is possible that the armorer arms the guards.
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 arm (equip with weapons)
- to dub (a knight)
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