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 boost.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | booste | I boost | |
| tu | boostes | you boost | |
| il / elle / on | booste | he / she / it boostson: we boost / one boosts | |
| nous | boostons | we boost | |
| vous | boostez | you boost | |
| ils / elles | boostent | they boost |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le nouveau moteur booste les performances du bateau.
The new engine boosts the boat's performance.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai boosté | I boosted | |
| tu | as boosté | you boosted | |
| il / elle / on | a boosté | he / she / it boostedon: we boosted / one boosted | |
| nous | avons boosté | we boosted | |
| vous | avez boosté | you boosted | |
| ils / elles | ont boosté | they boosted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le nouveau moteur a boosté les performances du bateau.
Yesterday, the new engine boosted the boat's performance.
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’ | boostais | I used to boost | |
| tu | boostais | you used to boost | |
| il / elle / on | boostait | he / she / it used to booston: we used to boost / one used to boost | |
| nous | boostions | we used to boost | |
| vous | boostiez | you used to boost | |
| ils / elles | boostaient | they used to boost |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le nouveau moteur boostait les performances du bateau.
Back then, the new engine used to boost the boat's performance.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | boosterai | I will boost | |
| tu | boosteras | you will boost | |
| il / elle / on | boostera | he / she / it will booston: we will boost / one will boost | |
| nous | boosterons | we will boost | |
| vous | boosterez | you will boost | |
| ils / elles | boosteront | they will boost |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le nouveau moteur boostera les performances du bateau.
Later, the new engine will boost the boat's performance.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | boosterais | I would boost | |
| tu | boosterais | you would boost | |
| il / elle / on | boosterait | he / she / it would booston: we would boost / one would boost | |
| nous | boosterions | we would boost | |
| vous | boosteriez | you would boost | |
| ils / elles | boosteraient | they would boost |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le nouveau moteur boosterait les performances du bateau.
The new engine would boost the boat's performance.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | booste | (that) I boost | |
| tu | boostes | (that) you boost | |
| il / elle / on | booste | (that) he / she / it boostson: (that) we boost / one boosts | |
| nous | boostions | (that) we boost | |
| vous | boostiez | (that) you boost | |
| ils / elles | boostent | (that) they boost |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le nouveau moteur booste les performances du bateau.
It is possible that the new engine boosts the boat's performance.
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 boost
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