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 conclude.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conclus | I conclude | |
| tu | conclus | you conclude | |
| il / elle / on | conclut | he / she / it concludeson: we conclude / one concludes | |
| nous | concluons | we conclude | |
| vous | concluez | you conclude | |
| ils / elles | concluent | they conclude |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul conclut son discours par un remerciement.
Paul concludes his speech with a word of thanks.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai conclu | I concluded | |
| tu | as conclu | you concluded | |
| il / elle / on | a conclu | he / she / it concludedon: we concluded / one concluded | |
| nous | avons conclu | we concluded | |
| vous | avez conclu | you concluded | |
| ils / elles | ont conclu | they concluded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a conclu son discours par un remerciement.
Yesterday, Paul concluded his speech with a word of thanks.
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’ | concluais | I used to conclude | |
| tu | concluais | you used to conclude | |
| il / elle / on | concluait | he / she / it used to concludeon: we used to conclude / one used to conclude | |
| nous | concluions | we used to conclude | |
| vous | concluiez | you used to conclude | |
| ils / elles | concluaient | they used to conclude |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul concluait son discours par un remerciement.
Back then, Paul used to conclude his speech with a word of thanks.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conclurai | I will conclude | |
| tu | concluras | you will conclude | |
| il / elle / on | conclura | he / she / it will concludeon: we will conclude / one will conclude | |
| nous | conclurons | we will conclude | |
| vous | conclurez | you will conclude | |
| ils / elles | concluront | they will conclude |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul conclura son discours par un remerciement.
Later, Paul will conclude his speech with a word of thanks.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conclurais | I would conclude | |
| tu | conclurais | you would conclude | |
| il / elle / on | conclurait | he / she / it would concludeon: we would conclude / one would conclude | |
| nous | conclurions | we would conclude | |
| vous | concluriez | you would conclude | |
| ils / elles | concluraient | they would conclude |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul conclurait son discours par un remerciement.
Paul would conclude his speech with a word of thanks.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conclue | (that) I conclude | |
| tu | conclues | (that) you conclude | |
| il / elle / on | conclue | (that) he / she / it concludeson: (that) we conclude / one concludes | |
| nous | concluions | (that) we conclude | |
| vous | concluiez | (that) you conclude | |
| ils / elles | concluent | (that) they conclude |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul conclue son discours par un remerciement.
It is possible that Paul concludes his speech with a word of thanks.
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 conclude
- to attain, to reach
- to score, to get it on (to have sex)
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