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 benefit.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bénéficie | I benefit | |
| tu | bénéficies | you benefit | |
| il / elle / on | bénéficie | he / she / it benefitson: we benefit / one benefits | |
| nous | bénéficions | we benefit | |
| vous | bénéficiez | you benefit | |
| ils / elles | bénéficient | they benefit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul bénéficie de l'aide de ses voisins.
Paul benefits from his neighbors' help.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai bénéficié | I benefited | |
| tu | as bénéficié | you benefited | |
| il / elle / on | a bénéficié | he / she / it benefitedon: we benefited / one benefited | |
| nous | avons bénéficié | we benefited | |
| vous | avez bénéficié | you benefited | |
| ils / elles | ont bénéficié | they benefited |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a bénéficié de l'aide de ses voisins.
Yesterday, Paul benefited from his neighbors' help.
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’ | bénéficiais | I used to benefit | |
| tu | bénéficiais | you used to benefit | |
| il / elle / on | bénéficiait | he / she / it used to benefiton: we used to benefit / one used to benefit | |
| nous | bénéficiions | we used to benefit | |
| vous | bénéficiiez | you used to benefit | |
| ils / elles | bénéficiaient | they used to benefit |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul bénéficiait de l'aide de ses voisins.
Back then, Paul used to benefit from his neighbors' help.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bénéficierai | I will benefit | |
| tu | bénéficieras | you will benefit | |
| il / elle / on | bénéficiera | he / she / it will benefiton: we will benefit / one will benefit | |
| nous | bénéficierons | we will benefit | |
| vous | bénéficierez | you will benefit | |
| ils / elles | bénéficieront | they will benefit |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul bénéficiera de l'aide de ses voisins.
Later, Paul will benefit from his neighbors' help.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bénéficierais | I would benefit | |
| tu | bénéficierais | you would benefit | |
| il / elle / on | bénéficierait | he / she / it would benefiton: we would benefit / one would benefit | |
| nous | bénéficierions | we would benefit | |
| vous | bénéficieriez | you would benefit | |
| ils / elles | bénéficieraient | they would benefit |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul bénéficierait de l'aide de ses voisins.
Paul would benefit from his neighbors' help.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bénéficie | (that) I benefit | |
| tu | bénéficies | (that) you benefit | |
| il / elle / on | bénéficie | (that) he / she / it benefitson: (that) we benefit / one benefits | |
| nous | bénéficiions | (that) we benefit | |
| vous | bénéficiiez | (that) you benefit | |
| ils / elles | bénéficient | (that) they benefit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul bénéficie de l'aide de ses voisins.
It is possible that Paul benefits from his neighbors' help.
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 enjoy, to benefit from, to get, to receive
- to benefit 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