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 reconcile.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concilie | I reconcile | |
| tu | concilies | you reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | concilie | he / she / it reconcileson: we reconcile / one reconciles | |
| nous | concilions | we reconcile | |
| vous | conciliez | you reconcile | |
| ils / elles | concilient | they reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul concilie les intérêts des deux groupes.
Paul reconciles the interests of the two groups.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai concilié | I reconciled | |
| tu | as concilié | you reconciled | |
| il / elle / on | a concilié | he / she / it reconciledon: we reconciled / one reconciled | |
| nous | avons concilié | we reconciled | |
| vous | avez concilié | you reconciled | |
| ils / elles | ont concilié | they reconciled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a concilié les intérêts des deux groupes.
Yesterday, Paul reconciled the interests of the two groups.
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’ | conciliais | I used to reconcile | |
| tu | conciliais | you used to reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | conciliait | he / she / it used to reconcileon: we used to reconcile / one used to reconcile | |
| nous | conciliions | we used to reconcile | |
| vous | conciliiez | you used to reconcile | |
| ils / elles | conciliaient | they used to reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul conciliait les intérêts des deux groupes.
Back then, Paul used to reconcile the interests of the two groups.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concilierai | I will reconcile | |
| tu | concilieras | you will reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | conciliera | he / she / it will reconcileon: we will reconcile / one will reconcile | |
| nous | concilierons | we will reconcile | |
| vous | concilierez | you will reconcile | |
| ils / elles | concilieront | they will reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul conciliera les intérêts des deux groupes.
Later, Paul will reconcile the interests of the two groups.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concilierais | I would reconcile | |
| tu | concilierais | you would reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | concilierait | he / she / it would reconcileon: we would reconcile / one would reconcile | |
| nous | concilierions | we would reconcile | |
| vous | concilieriez | you would reconcile | |
| ils / elles | concilieraient | they would reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul concilierait les intérêts des deux groupes.
Paul would reconcile the interests of the two groups.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | concilie | (that) I reconcile | |
| tu | concilies | (that) you reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | concilie | (that) he / she / it reconcileson: (that) we reconcile / one reconciles | |
| nous | conciliions | (that) we reconcile | |
| vous | conciliiez | (that) you reconcile | |
| ils / elles | concilient | (that) they reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul concilie les intérêts des deux groupes.
It is possible that Paul reconciles the interests of the two groups.
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 reconcile
- to conciliate
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