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 calculate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | calcule | I calculate | |
| tu | calcules | you calculate | |
| il / elle / on | calcule | he / she / it calculateson: we calculate / one calculates | |
| nous | calculons | we calculate | |
| vous | calculez | you calculate | |
| ils / elles | calculent | they calculate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul calcule le coût total du voyage.
Paul calculates the total cost of the trip.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai calculé | I calculated | |
| tu | as calculé | you calculated | |
| il / elle / on | a calculé | he / she / it calculatedon: we calculated / one calculated | |
| nous | avons calculé | we calculated | |
| vous | avez calculé | you calculated | |
| ils / elles | ont calculé | they calculated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a calculé le coût total du voyage.
Yesterday, Paul calculated the total cost of the trip.
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’ | calculais | I used to calculate | |
| tu | calculais | you used to calculate | |
| il / elle / on | calculait | he / she / it used to calculateon: we used to calculate / one used to calculate | |
| nous | calculions | we used to calculate | |
| vous | calculiez | you used to calculate | |
| ils / elles | calculaient | they used to calculate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul calculait le coût total du voyage.
Back then, Paul used to calculate the total cost of the trip.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | calculerai | I will calculate | |
| tu | calculeras | you will calculate | |
| il / elle / on | calculera | he / she / it will calculateon: we will calculate / one will calculate | |
| nous | calculerons | we will calculate | |
| vous | calculerez | you will calculate | |
| ils / elles | calculeront | they will calculate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul calculera le coût total du voyage.
Later, Paul will calculate the total cost of the trip.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | calculerais | I would calculate | |
| tu | calculerais | you would calculate | |
| il / elle / on | calculerait | he / she / it would calculateon: we would calculate / one would calculate | |
| nous | calculerions | we would calculate | |
| vous | calculeriez | you would calculate | |
| ils / elles | calculeraient | they would calculate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul calculerait le coût total du voyage.
Paul would calculate the total cost of the trip.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | calcule | (that) I calculate | |
| tu | calcules | (that) you calculate | |
| il / elle / on | calcule | (that) he / she / it calculateson: (that) we calculate / one calculates | |
| nous | calculions | (that) we calculate | |
| vous | calculiez | (that) you calculate | |
| ils / elles | calculent | (that) they calculate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul calcule le coût total du voyage.
It is possible that Paul calculates the total cost of the trip.
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 calculate (all meanings)
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