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 increase.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | augmente | I increase | |
| tu | augmentes | you increase | |
| il / elle / on | augmente | he / she / it increaseson: we increase / one increases | |
| nous | augmentons | we increase | |
| vous | augmentez | you increase | |
| ils / elles | augmentent | they increase |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul augmente la taille du texte.
Paul increases the text size.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai augmenté | I increased | |
| tu | as augmenté | you increased | |
| il / elle / on | a augmenté | he / she / it increasedon: we increased / one increased | |
| nous | avons augmenté | we increased | |
| vous | avez augmenté | you increased | |
| ils / elles | ont augmenté | they increased |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a augmenté la taille du texte.
Yesterday, Paul increased the text size.
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’ | augmentais | I used to increase | |
| tu | augmentais | you used to increase | |
| il / elle / on | augmentait | he / she / it used to increaseon: we used to increase / one used to increase | |
| nous | augmentions | we used to increase | |
| vous | augmentiez | you used to increase | |
| ils / elles | augmentaient | they used to increase |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul augmentait la taille du texte.
Back then, Paul used to increase the text size.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | augmenterai | I will increase | |
| tu | augmenteras | you will increase | |
| il / elle / on | augmentera | he / she / it will increaseon: we will increase / one will increase | |
| nous | augmenterons | we will increase | |
| vous | augmenterez | you will increase | |
| ils / elles | augmenteront | they will increase |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul augmentera la taille du texte.
Later, Paul will increase the text size.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | augmenterais | I would increase | |
| tu | augmenterais | you would increase | |
| il / elle / on | augmenterait | he / she / it would increaseon: we would increase / one would increase | |
| nous | augmenterions | we would increase | |
| vous | augmenteriez | you would increase | |
| ils / elles | augmenteraient | they would increase |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul augmenterait la taille du texte.
Paul would increase the text size.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | augmente | (that) I increase | |
| tu | augmentes | (that) you increase | |
| il / elle / on | augmente | (that) he / she / it increaseson: (that) we increase / one increases | |
| nous | augmentions | (that) we increase | |
| vous | augmentiez | (that) you increase | |
| ils / elles | augmentent | (that) they increase |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul augmente la taille du texte.
It is possible that Paul increases the text size.
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 increase
- to increase, to augment
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