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 click.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | clique | I click | |
| tu | cliques | you click | |
| il / elle / on | clique | he / she / it clickson: we click / one clicks | |
| nous | cliquons | we click | |
| vous | cliquez | you click | |
| ils / elles | cliquent | they click |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul clique sur le lien bleu.
Paul clicks on the blue link.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai cliqué | I clicked | |
| tu | as cliqué | you clicked | |
| il / elle / on | a cliqué | he / she / it clickedon: we clicked / one clicked | |
| nous | avons cliqué | we clicked | |
| vous | avez cliqué | you clicked | |
| ils / elles | ont cliqué | they clicked |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a cliqué sur le lien bleu.
Yesterday, Paul clicked on the blue link.
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’ | cliquais | I used to click | |
| tu | cliquais | you used to click | |
| il / elle / on | cliquait | he / she / it used to clickon: we used to click / one used to click | |
| nous | cliquions | we used to click | |
| vous | cliquiez | you used to click | |
| ils / elles | cliquaient | they used to click |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul cliquait sur le lien bleu.
Back then, Paul used to click on the blue link.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | cliquerai | I will click | |
| tu | cliqueras | you will click | |
| il / elle / on | cliquera | he / she / it will clickon: we will click / one will click | |
| nous | cliquerons | we will click | |
| vous | cliquerez | you will click | |
| ils / elles | cliqueront | they will click |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul cliquera sur le lien bleu.
Later, Paul will click on the blue link.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | cliquerais | I would click | |
| tu | cliquerais | you would click | |
| il / elle / on | cliquerait | he / she / it would clickon: we would click / one would click | |
| nous | cliquerions | we would click | |
| vous | cliqueriez | you would click | |
| ils / elles | cliqueraient | they would click |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul cliquerait sur le lien bleu.
Paul would click on the blue link.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | clique | (that) I click | |
| tu | cliques | (that) you click | |
| il / elle / on | clique | (that) he / she / it clickson: (that) we click / one clicks | |
| nous | cliquions | (that) we click | |
| vous | cliquiez | (that) you click | |
| ils / elles | cliquent | (that) they click |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul clique sur le lien bleu.
It is possible that Paul clicks on the blue link.
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 click
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