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 adapt.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conforme | I adapt | |
| tu | conformes | you adapt | |
| il / elle / on | conforme | he / she / it adaptson: we adapt / one adapts | |
| nous | conformons | we adapt | |
| vous | conformez | you adapt | |
| ils / elles | conforment | they adapt |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul conforme sa conduite aux règles du groupe.
Paul adapts his behavior to the group's rules.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai conformé | I adapted | |
| tu | as conformé | you adapted | |
| il / elle / on | a conformé | he / she / it adaptedon: we adapted / one adapted | |
| nous | avons conformé | we adapted | |
| vous | avez conformé | you adapted | |
| ils / elles | ont conformé | they adapted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a conformé sa conduite aux règles du groupe.
Yesterday, Paul adapted his behavior to the group's rules.
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’ | conformais | I used to adapt | |
| tu | conformais | you used to adapt | |
| il / elle / on | conformait | he / she / it used to adapton: we used to adapt / one used to adapt | |
| nous | conformions | we used to adapt | |
| vous | conformiez | you used to adapt | |
| ils / elles | conformaient | they used to adapt |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul conformait sa conduite aux règles du groupe.
Back then, Paul used to adapt his behavior to the group's rules.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conformerai | I will adapt | |
| tu | conformeras | you will adapt | |
| il / elle / on | conformera | he / she / it will adapton: we will adapt / one will adapt | |
| nous | conformerons | we will adapt | |
| vous | conformerez | you will adapt | |
| ils / elles | conformeront | they will adapt |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul conformera sa conduite aux règles du groupe.
Later, Paul will adapt his behavior to the group's rules.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conformerais | I would adapt | |
| tu | conformerais | you would adapt | |
| il / elle / on | conformerait | he / she / it would adapton: we would adapt / one would adapt | |
| nous | conformerions | we would adapt | |
| vous | conformeriez | you would adapt | |
| ils / elles | conformeraient | they would adapt |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul conformerait sa conduite aux règles du groupe.
Paul would adapt his behavior to the group's rules.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conforme | (that) I adapt | |
| tu | conformes | (that) you adapt | |
| il / elle / on | conforme | (that) he / she / it adaptson: (that) we adapt / one adapts | |
| nous | conformions | (that) we adapt | |
| vous | conformiez | (that) you adapt | |
| ils / elles | conforment | (that) they adapt |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul conforme sa conduite aux règles du groupe.
It is possible that Paul adapts his behavior to the group's rules.
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.”
This is the transitive construction conformer quelque chose à quelque chose. The common pronominal se conformer à uses different compound-tense agreement.
Meaning & usage
- to conform; comply
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