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 drop.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | chute | I drop | |
| tu | chutes | you drop | |
| il / elle / on | chute | he / she / it dropson: we drop / one drops | |
| nous | chutons | we drop | |
| vous | chutez | you drop | |
| ils / elles | chutent | they drop |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le prix chute en fin de saison.
The price drops at the end of the season.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai chuté | I dropped | |
| tu | as chuté | you dropped | |
| il / elle / on | a chuté | he / she / it droppedon: we dropped / one dropped | |
| nous | avons chuté | we dropped | |
| vous | avez chuté | you dropped | |
| ils / elles | ont chuté | they dropped |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le prix a chuté en fin de saison.
Yesterday, the price dropped at the end of the season.
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’ | chutais | I used to drop | |
| tu | chutais | you used to drop | |
| il / elle / on | chutait | he / she / it used to dropon: we used to drop / one used to drop | |
| nous | chutions | we used to drop | |
| vous | chutiez | you used to drop | |
| ils / elles | chutaient | they used to drop |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le prix chutait en fin de saison.
Back then, the price used to drop at the end of the season.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | chuterai | I will drop | |
| tu | chuteras | you will drop | |
| il / elle / on | chutera | he / she / it will dropon: we will drop / one will drop | |
| nous | chuterons | we will drop | |
| vous | chuterez | you will drop | |
| ils / elles | chuteront | they will drop |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le prix chutera en fin de saison.
Later, the price will drop at the end of the season.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | chuterais | I would drop | |
| tu | chuterais | you would drop | |
| il / elle / on | chuterait | he / she / it would dropon: we would drop / one would drop | |
| nous | chuterions | we would drop | |
| vous | chuteriez | you would drop | |
| ils / elles | chuteraient | they would drop |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le prix chuterait en fin de saison.
The price would drop at the end of the season.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | chute | (that) I drop | |
| tu | chutes | (that) you drop | |
| il / elle / on | chute | (that) he / she / it dropson: (that) we drop / one drops | |
| nous | chutions | (that) we drop | |
| vous | chutiez | (that) you drop | |
| ils / elles | chutent | (that) they drop |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le prix chute en fin de saison.
It is possible that the price drops at the end of the season.
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 fall, to drop
- to drop, to decrease (of numbers)
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