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 confirm.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confirme | I confirm | |
| tu | confirmes | you confirm | |
| il / elle / on | confirme | he / she / it confirmson: we confirm / one confirms | |
| nous | confirmons | we confirm | |
| vous | confirmez | you confirm | |
| ils / elles | confirment | they confirm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul confirme la date du voyage.
Paul confirms the date of the trip.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai confirmé | I confirmed | |
| tu | as confirmé | you confirmed | |
| il / elle / on | a confirmé | he / she / it confirmedon: we confirmed / one confirmed | |
| nous | avons confirmé | we confirmed | |
| vous | avez confirmé | you confirmed | |
| ils / elles | ont confirmé | they confirmed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a confirmé la date du voyage.
Yesterday, Paul confirmed the date of the trip.
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’ | confirmais | I used to confirm | |
| tu | confirmais | you used to confirm | |
| il / elle / on | confirmait | he / she / it used to confirmon: we used to confirm / one used to confirm | |
| nous | confirmions | we used to confirm | |
| vous | confirmiez | you used to confirm | |
| ils / elles | confirmaient | they used to confirm |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul confirmait la date du voyage.
Back then, Paul used to confirm the date of the trip.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confirmerai | I will confirm | |
| tu | confirmeras | you will confirm | |
| il / elle / on | confirmera | he / she / it will confirmon: we will confirm / one will confirm | |
| nous | confirmerons | we will confirm | |
| vous | confirmerez | you will confirm | |
| ils / elles | confirmeront | they will confirm |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul confirmera la date du voyage.
Later, Paul will confirm the date of the trip.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confirmerais | I would confirm | |
| tu | confirmerais | you would confirm | |
| il / elle / on | confirmerait | he / she / it would confirmon: we would confirm / one would confirm | |
| nous | confirmerions | we would confirm | |
| vous | confirmeriez | you would confirm | |
| ils / elles | confirmeraient | they would confirm |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul confirmerait la date du voyage.
Paul would confirm the date of the trip.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | confirme | (that) I confirm | |
| tu | confirmes | (that) you confirm | |
| il / elle / on | confirme | (that) he / she / it confirmson: (that) we confirm / one confirms | |
| nous | confirmions | (that) we confirm | |
| vous | confirmiez | (that) you confirm | |
| ils / elles | confirment | (that) they confirm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul confirme la date du voyage.
It is possible that Paul confirms the date of the trip.
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 confirm (a fact etc.)
- to uphold (a decision)
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