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 focus.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concentre | I focus | |
| tu | concentres | you focus | |
| il / elle / on | concentre | he / she / it focuseson: we focus / one focuses | |
| nous | concentrons | we focus | |
| vous | concentrez | you focus | |
| ils / elles | concentrent | they focus |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul concentre ses efforts sur ce projet.
Paul focuses his efforts on this project.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai concentré | I focused | |
| tu | as concentré | you focused | |
| il / elle / on | a concentré | he / she / it focusedon: we focused / one focused | |
| nous | avons concentré | we focused | |
| vous | avez concentré | you focused | |
| ils / elles | ont concentré | they focused |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a concentré ses efforts sur ce projet.
Yesterday, Paul focused his efforts on this project.
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’ | concentrais | I used to focus | |
| tu | concentrais | you used to focus | |
| il / elle / on | concentrait | he / she / it used to focuson: we used to focus / one used to focus | |
| nous | concentrions | we used to focus | |
| vous | concentriez | you used to focus | |
| ils / elles | concentraient | they used to focus |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul concentrait ses efforts sur ce projet.
Back then, Paul used to focus his efforts on this project.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concentrerai | I will focus | |
| tu | concentreras | you will focus | |
| il / elle / on | concentrera | he / she / it will focuson: we will focus / one will focus | |
| nous | concentrerons | we will focus | |
| vous | concentrerez | you will focus | |
| ils / elles | concentreront | they will focus |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul concentrera ses efforts sur ce projet.
Later, Paul will focus his efforts on this project.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concentrerais | I would focus | |
| tu | concentrerais | you would focus | |
| il / elle / on | concentrerait | he / she / it would focuson: we would focus / one would focus | |
| nous | concentrerions | we would focus | |
| vous | concentreriez | you would focus | |
| ils / elles | concentreraient | they would focus |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul concentrerait ses efforts sur ce projet.
Paul would focus his efforts on this project.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concentre | (that) I focus | |
| tu | concentres | (that) you focus | |
| il / elle / on | concentre | (that) he / she / it focuseson: (that) we focus / one focuses | |
| nous | concentrions | (that) we focus | |
| vous | concentriez | (that) you focus | |
| ils / elles | concentrent | (that) they focus |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul concentre ses efforts sur ce projet.
It is possible that Paul focuses his efforts on this project.
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 concentrate (something)
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