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 ensure.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assure | I ensure | |
| tu | assures | you ensure | |
| il / elle / on | assure | he / she / it ensureson: we ensure / one ensures | |
| nous | assurons | we ensure | |
| vous | assurez | you ensure | |
| ils / elles | assurent | they ensure |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul assure la sécurité des visiteurs.
Paul ensures the visitors' safety.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai assuré | I ensured | |
| tu | as assuré | you ensured | |
| il / elle / on | a assuré | he / she / it ensuredon: we ensured / one ensured | |
| nous | avons assuré | we ensured | |
| vous | avez assuré | you ensured | |
| ils / elles | ont assuré | they ensured |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a assuré la sécurité des visiteurs.
Yesterday, Paul ensured the visitors' safety.
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’ | assurais | I used to ensure | |
| tu | assurais | you used to ensure | |
| il / elle / on | assurait | he / she / it used to ensureon: we used to ensure / one used to ensure | |
| nous | assurions | we used to ensure | |
| vous | assuriez | you used to ensure | |
| ils / elles | assuraient | they used to ensure |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul assurait la sécurité des visiteurs.
Back then, Paul used to ensure the visitors' safety.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assurerai | I will ensure | |
| tu | assureras | you will ensure | |
| il / elle / on | assurera | he / she / it will ensureon: we will ensure / one will ensure | |
| nous | assurerons | we will ensure | |
| vous | assurerez | you will ensure | |
| ils / elles | assureront | they will ensure |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul assurera la sécurité des visiteurs.
Later, Paul will ensure the visitors' safety.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assurerais | I would ensure | |
| tu | assurerais | you would ensure | |
| il / elle / on | assurerait | he / she / it would ensureon: we would ensure / one would ensure | |
| nous | assurerions | we would ensure | |
| vous | assureriez | you would ensure | |
| ils / elles | assureraient | they would ensure |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul assurerait la sécurité des visiteurs.
Paul would ensure the visitors' safety.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | assure | (that) I ensure | |
| tu | assures | (that) you ensure | |
| il / elle / on | assure | (that) he / she / it ensureson: (that) we ensure / one ensures | |
| nous | assurions | (that) we ensure | |
| vous | assuriez | (that) you ensure | |
| ils / elles | assurent | (that) they ensure |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul assure la sécurité des visiteurs.
It is possible that Paul ensures the visitors' safety.
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 assure, to ensure, to make sure
- to do; to take care of; to carry out; to be in charge of
- to insure, to give insurance to
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