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 include.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | comporte | I include | |
| tu | comportes | you include | |
| il / elle / on | comporte | he / she / it includeson: we include / one includes | |
| nous | comportons | we include | |
| vous | comportez | you include | |
| ils / elles | comportent | they include |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce programme comporte trois modules de formation.
This programme includes three training modules.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai comporté | I included | |
| tu | as comporté | you included | |
| il / elle / on | a comporté | he / she / it includedon: we included / one included | |
| nous | avons comporté | we included | |
| vous | avez comporté | you included | |
| ils / elles | ont comporté | they included |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce programme a comporté trois modules de formation.
Yesterday, this programme included three training modules.
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’ | comportais | I used to include | |
| tu | comportais | you used to include | |
| il / elle / on | comportait | he / she / it used to includeon: we used to include / one used to include | |
| nous | comportions | we used to include | |
| vous | comportiez | you used to include | |
| ils / elles | comportaient | they used to include |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce programme comportait trois modules de formation.
Back then, this programme used to include three training modules.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | comporterai | I will include | |
| tu | comporteras | you will include | |
| il / elle / on | comportera | he / she / it will includeon: we will include / one will include | |
| nous | comporterons | we will include | |
| vous | comporterez | you will include | |
| ils / elles | comporteront | they will include |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce programme comportera trois modules de formation.
Later, this programme will include three training modules.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | comporterais | I would include | |
| tu | comporterais | you would include | |
| il / elle / on | comporterait | he / she / it would includeon: we would include / one would include | |
| nous | comporterions | we would include | |
| vous | comporteriez | you would include | |
| ils / elles | comporteraient | they would include |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce programme comporterait trois modules de formation.
This programme would include three training modules.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | comporte | (that) I include | |
| tu | comportes | (that) you include | |
| il / elle / on | comporte | (that) he / she / it includeson: (that) we include / one includes | |
| nous | comportions | (that) we include | |
| vous | comportiez | (that) you include | |
| ils / elles | comportent | (that) they include |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce programme comporte trois modules de formation.
It is possible that this programme includes three training modules.
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 include
- to consist of, comprise
- to entail (formal, risk), involve
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