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 complete.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | complète | I complete | |
| tu | complètes | you complete | |
| il / elle / on | complète | he / she / it completeson: we complete / one completes | |
| nous | complétons | we complete | |
| vous | complétez | you complete | |
| ils / elles | complètent | they complete |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul complète le formulaire avec son adresse.
Paul completes the form with his address.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai complété | I completed | |
| tu | as complété | you completed | |
| il / elle / on | a complété | he / she / it completedon: we completed / one completed | |
| nous | avons complété | we completed | |
| vous | avez complété | you completed | |
| ils / elles | ont complété | they completed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a complété le formulaire avec son adresse.
Yesterday, Paul completed the form with his address.
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’ | complétais | I used to complete | |
| tu | complétais | you used to complete | |
| il / elle / on | complétait | he / she / it used to completeon: we used to complete / one used to complete | |
| nous | complétions | we used to complete | |
| vous | complétiez | you used to complete | |
| ils / elles | complétaient | they used to complete |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul complétait le formulaire avec son adresse.
Back then, Paul used to complete the form with his address.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | complèterai / compléterai | I will complete | |
| tu | complèteras / compléteras | you will complete | |
| il / elle / on | complètera / complétera | he / she / it will completeon: we will complete / one will complete | |
| nous | complèterons / compléterons | we will complete | |
| vous | complèterez / compléterez | you will complete | |
| ils / elles | complèteront / compléteront | they will complete |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul complètera le formulaire avec son adresse.
Later, Paul will complete the form with his address.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | complèterais / compléterais | I would complete | |
| tu | complèterais / compléterais | you would complete | |
| il / elle / on | complèterait / compléterait | he / she / it would completeon: we would complete / one would complete | |
| nous | complèterions / compléterions | we would complete | |
| vous | complèteriez / compléteriez | you would complete | |
| ils / elles | complèteraient / compléteraient | they would complete |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul complèterait le formulaire avec son adresse.
Paul would complete the form with his address.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | complète | (that) I complete | |
| tu | complètes | (that) you complete | |
| il / elle / on | complète | (that) he / she / it completeson: (that) we complete / one completes | |
| nous | complétions | (that) we complete | |
| vous | complétiez | (that) you complete | |
| ils / elles | complètent | (that) they complete |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul complète le formulaire avec son adresse.
It is possible that Paul completes the form with his address.
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 complete
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