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 clarify.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | clarifie | I clarify | |
| tu | clarifies | you clarify | |
| il / elle / on | clarifie | he / she / it clarifieson: we clarify / one clarifies | |
| nous | clarifions | we clarify | |
| vous | clarifiez | you clarify | |
| ils / elles | clarifient | they clarify |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul clarifie les objectifs du projet.
Paul clarifies the project's objectives.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai clarifié | I clarified | |
| tu | as clarifié | you clarified | |
| il / elle / on | a clarifié | he / she / it clarifiedon: we clarified / one clarified | |
| nous | avons clarifié | we clarified | |
| vous | avez clarifié | you clarified | |
| ils / elles | ont clarifié | they clarified |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a clarifié les objectifs du projet.
Yesterday, Paul clarified the project's objectives.
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’ | clarifiais | I used to clarify | |
| tu | clarifiais | you used to clarify | |
| il / elle / on | clarifiait | he / she / it used to clarifyon: we used to clarify / one used to clarify | |
| nous | clarifiions | we used to clarify | |
| vous | clarifiiez | you used to clarify | |
| ils / elles | clarifiaient | they used to clarify |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul clarifiait les objectifs du projet.
Back then, Paul used to clarify the project's objectives.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | clarifierai | I will clarify | |
| tu | clarifieras | you will clarify | |
| il / elle / on | clarifiera | he / she / it will clarifyon: we will clarify / one will clarify | |
| nous | clarifierons | we will clarify | |
| vous | clarifierez | you will clarify | |
| ils / elles | clarifieront | they will clarify |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul clarifiera les objectifs du projet.
Later, Paul will clarify the project's objectives.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | clarifierais | I would clarify | |
| tu | clarifierais | you would clarify | |
| il / elle / on | clarifierait | he / she / it would clarifyon: we would clarify / one would clarify | |
| nous | clarifierions | we would clarify | |
| vous | clarifieriez | you would clarify | |
| ils / elles | clarifieraient | they would clarify |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul clarifierait les objectifs du projet.
Paul would clarify the project's objectives.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | clarifie | (that) I clarify | |
| tu | clarifies | (that) you clarify | |
| il / elle / on | clarifie | (that) he / she / it clarifieson: (that) we clarify / one clarifies | |
| nous | clarifiions | (that) we clarify | |
| vous | clarifiiez | (that) you clarify | |
| ils / elles | clarifient | (that) they clarify |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul clarifie les objectifs du projet.
It is possible that Paul clarifies the project's objectives.
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 clarify
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