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 entrust.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confie | I entrust | |
| tu | confies | you entrust | |
| il / elle / on | confie | he / she / it entrustson: we entrust / one entrusts | |
| nous | confions | we entrust | |
| vous | confiez | you entrust | |
| ils / elles | confient | they entrust |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul confie ses clés à sa voisine.
Paul entrusts his keys to his neighbour.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai confié | I entrusted | |
| tu | as confié | you entrusted | |
| il / elle / on | a confié | he / she / it entrustedon: we entrusted / one entrusted | |
| nous | avons confié | we entrusted | |
| vous | avez confié | you entrusted | |
| ils / elles | ont confié | they entrusted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a confié ses clés à sa voisine.
Yesterday, Paul entrusted his keys to his neighbour.
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’ | confiais | I used to entrust | |
| tu | confiais | you used to entrust | |
| il / elle / on | confiait | he / she / it used to entruston: we used to entrust / one used to entrust | |
| nous | confiions | we used to entrust | |
| vous | confiiez | you used to entrust | |
| ils / elles | confiaient | they used to entrust |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul confiait ses clés à sa voisine.
Back then, Paul used to entrust his keys to his neighbour.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confierai | I will entrust | |
| tu | confieras | you will entrust | |
| il / elle / on | confiera | he / she / it will entruston: we will entrust / one will entrust | |
| nous | confierons | we will entrust | |
| vous | confierez | you will entrust | |
| ils / elles | confieront | they will entrust |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul confiera ses clés à sa voisine.
Later, Paul will entrust his keys to his neighbour.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confierais | I would entrust | |
| tu | confierais | you would entrust | |
| il / elle / on | confierait | he / she / it would entruston: we would entrust / one would entrust | |
| nous | confierions | we would entrust | |
| vous | confieriez | you would entrust | |
| ils / elles | confieraient | they would entrust |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul confierait ses clés à sa voisine.
Paul would entrust his keys to his neighbour.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confie | (that) I entrust | |
| tu | confies | (that) you entrust | |
| il / elle / on | confie | (that) he / she / it entrustson: (that) we entrust / one entrusts | |
| nous | confiions | (that) we entrust | |
| vous | confiiez | (that) you entrust | |
| ils / elles | confient | (that) they entrust |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul confie ses clés à sa voisine.
It is possible that Paul entrusts his keys to his neighbour.
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 confide
- to entrust
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