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 block.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bloque | I block | |
| tu | bloques | you block | |
| il / elle / on | bloque | he / she / it blockson: we block / one blocks | |
| nous | bloquons | we block | |
| vous | bloquez | you block | |
| ils / elles | bloquent | they block |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul bloque l'entrée avec une chaise.
Paul blocks the entrance with a chair.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai bloqué | I blocked | |
| tu | as bloqué | you blocked | |
| il / elle / on | a bloqué | he / she / it blockedon: we blocked / one blocked | |
| nous | avons bloqué | we blocked | |
| vous | avez bloqué | you blocked | |
| ils / elles | ont bloqué | they blocked |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a bloqué l'entrée avec une chaise.
Yesterday, Paul blocked the entrance with a chair.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bloquais | I used to block | |
| tu | bloquais | you used to block | |
| il / elle / on | bloquait | he / she / it used to blockon: we used to block / one used to block | |
| nous | bloquions | we used to block | |
| vous | bloquiez | you used to block | |
| ils / elles | bloquaient | they used to block |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul bloquait l'entrée avec une chaise.
Back then, Paul used to block the entrance with a chair.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bloquerai | I will block | |
| tu | bloqueras | you will block | |
| il / elle / on | bloquera | he / she / it will blockon: we will block / one will block | |
| nous | bloquerons | we will block | |
| vous | bloquerez | you will block | |
| ils / elles | bloqueront | they will block |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul bloquera l'entrée avec une chaise.
Later, Paul will block the entrance with a chair.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bloquerais | I would block | |
| tu | bloquerais | you would block | |
| il / elle / on | bloquerait | he / she / it would blockon: we would block / one would block | |
| nous | bloquerions | we would block | |
| vous | bloqueriez | you would block | |
| ils / elles | bloqueraient | they would block |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul bloquerait l'entrée avec une chaise.
Paul would block the entrance with a chair.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | bloque | (that) I block | |
| tu | bloques | (that) you block | |
| il / elle / on | bloque | (that) he / she / it blockson: (that) we block / one blocks | |
| nous | bloquions | (that) we block | |
| vous | bloquiez | (that) you block | |
| ils / elles | bloquent | (that) they block |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul bloque l'entrée avec une chaise.
It is possible that Paul blocks the entrance with a chair.
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 block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct
- to jam, to wedge, to fix in place
- to freeze (e.g. prices)
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