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 award.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | attribue | I award | |
| tu | attribues | you award | |
| il / elle / on | attribue | he / she / it awardson: we award / one awards | |
| nous | attribuons | we award | |
| vous | attribuez | you award | |
| ils / elles | attribuent | they award |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le jury attribue le premier prix à ce film.
The jury awards first prize to this film.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai attribué | I awarded | |
| tu | as attribué | you awarded | |
| il / elle / on | a attribué | he / she / it awardedon: we awarded / one awarded | |
| nous | avons attribué | we awarded | |
| vous | avez attribué | you awarded | |
| ils / elles | ont attribué | they awarded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le jury a attribué le premier prix à ce film.
Yesterday, the jury awarded first prize to this film.
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’ | attribuais | I used to award | |
| tu | attribuais | you used to award | |
| il / elle / on | attribuait | he / she / it used to awardon: we used to award / one used to award | |
| nous | attribuions | we used to award | |
| vous | attribuiez | you used to award | |
| ils / elles | attribuaient | they used to award |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le jury attribuait le premier prix à ce film.
Back then, the jury used to award first prize to this film.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | attribuerai | I will award | |
| tu | attribueras | you will award | |
| il / elle / on | attribuera | he / she / it will awardon: we will award / one will award | |
| nous | attribuerons | we will award | |
| vous | attribuerez | you will award | |
| ils / elles | attribueront | they will award |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le jury attribuera le premier prix à ce film.
Later, the jury will award first prize to this film.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | attribuerais | I would award | |
| tu | attribuerais | you would award | |
| il / elle / on | attribuerait | he / she / it would awardon: we would award / one would award | |
| nous | attribuerions | we would award | |
| vous | attribueriez | you would award | |
| ils / elles | attribueraient | they would award |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le jury attribuerait le premier prix à ce film.
The jury would award first prize to this film.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | attribue | (that) I award | |
| tu | attribues | (that) you award | |
| il / elle / on | attribue | (that) he / she / it awardson: (that) we award / one awards | |
| nous | attribuions | (that) we award | |
| vous | attribuiez | (that) you award | |
| ils / elles | attribuent | (that) they award |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le jury attribue le premier prix à ce film.
It is possible that the jury awards first prize to this film.
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 grant, to award
- to give credit to, to recognize
- to attribute to, to ascribe 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