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 murder.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assassine | I murder | |
| tu | assassines | you murder | |
| il / elle / on | assassine | he / she / it murderson: we murder / one murders | |
| nous | assassinons | we murder | |
| vous | assassinez | you murder | |
| ils / elles | assassinent | they murder |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le criminel assassine un rival.
The criminal murders a rival.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai assassiné | I murdered | |
| tu | as assassiné | you murdered | |
| il / elle / on | a assassiné | he / she / it murderedon: we murdered / one murdered | |
| nous | avons assassiné | we murdered | |
| vous | avez assassiné | you murdered | |
| ils / elles | ont assassiné | they murdered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le criminel a assassiné un rival.
Yesterday, the criminal murdered a rival.
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’ | assassinais | I used to murder | |
| tu | assassinais | you used to murder | |
| il / elle / on | assassinait | he / she / it used to murderon: we used to murder / one used to murder | |
| nous | assassinions | we used to murder | |
| vous | assassiniez | you used to murder | |
| ils / elles | assassinaient | they used to murder |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le criminel assassinait un rival.
Back then, the criminal used to murder a rival.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assassinerai | I will murder | |
| tu | assassineras | you will murder | |
| il / elle / on | assassinera | he / she / it will murderon: we will murder / one will murder | |
| nous | assassinerons | we will murder | |
| vous | assassinerez | you will murder | |
| ils / elles | assassineront | they will murder |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le criminel assassinera un rival.
Later, the criminal will murder a rival.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assassinerais | I would murder | |
| tu | assassinerais | you would murder | |
| il / elle / on | assassinerait | he / she / it would murderon: we would murder / one would murder | |
| nous | assassinerions | we would murder | |
| vous | assassineriez | you would murder | |
| ils / elles | assassineraient | they would murder |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le criminel assassinerait un rival.
The criminal would murder a rival.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assassine | (that) I murder | |
| tu | assassines | (that) you murder | |
| il / elle / on | assassine | (that) he / she / it murderson: (that) we murder / one murders | |
| nous | assassinions | (that) we murder | |
| vous | assassiniez | (that) you murder | |
| ils / elles | assassinent | (that) they murder |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le criminel assassine un rival.
It is possible that the criminal murders a rival.
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 assassinate
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