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 jeopardize.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | compromets | I jeopardize | |
| tu | compromets | you jeopardize | |
| il / elle / on | compromet | he / she / it jeopardizeson: we jeopardize / one jeopardizes | |
| nous | compromettons | we jeopardize | |
| vous | compromettez | you jeopardize | |
| ils / elles | compromettent | they jeopardize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le retard compromet le succès du projet.
The delay jeopardizes the project's success.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai compromis | I jeopardized | |
| tu | as compromis | you jeopardized | |
| il / elle / on | a compromis | he / she / it jeopardizedon: we jeopardized / one jeopardized | |
| nous | avons compromis | we jeopardized | |
| vous | avez compromis | you jeopardized | |
| ils / elles | ont compromis | they jeopardized |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le retard a compromis le succès du projet.
Yesterday, the delay jeopardized the project's success.
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’ | compromettais | I used to jeopardize | |
| tu | compromettais | you used to jeopardize | |
| il / elle / on | compromettait | he / she / it used to jeopardizeon: we used to jeopardize / one used to jeopardize | |
| nous | compromettions | we used to jeopardize | |
| vous | compromettiez | you used to jeopardize | |
| ils / elles | compromettaient | they used to jeopardize |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le retard compromettait le succès du projet.
Back then, the delay used to jeopardize the project's success.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | compromettrai | I will jeopardize | |
| tu | compromettras | you will jeopardize | |
| il / elle / on | compromettra | he / she / it will jeopardizeon: we will jeopardize / one will jeopardize | |
| nous | compromettrons | we will jeopardize | |
| vous | compromettrez | you will jeopardize | |
| ils / elles | compromettront | they will jeopardize |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le retard compromettra le succès du projet.
Later, the delay will jeopardize the project's success.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | compromettrais | I would jeopardize | |
| tu | compromettrais | you would jeopardize | |
| il / elle / on | compromettrait | he / she / it would jeopardizeon: we would jeopardize / one would jeopardize | |
| nous | compromettrions | we would jeopardize | |
| vous | compromettriez | you would jeopardize | |
| ils / elles | compromettraient | they would jeopardize |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le retard compromettrait le succès du projet.
The delay would jeopardize the project's success.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | compromette | (that) I jeopardize | |
| tu | compromettes | (that) you jeopardize | |
| il / elle / on | compromette | (that) he / she / it jeopardizeson: (that) we jeopardize / one jeopardizes | |
| nous | compromettions | (that) we jeopardize | |
| vous | compromettiez | (that) you jeopardize | |
| ils / elles | compromettent | (that) they jeopardize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le retard compromette le succès du projet.
It is possible that the delay jeopardizes the project's success.
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 compromise, jeopardise
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