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 win over.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conquiers | I win over | |
| tu | conquiers | you win over | |
| il / elle / on | conquiert | he / she / it wins overon: we win over / one wins over | |
| nous | conquérons | we win over | |
| vous | conquérez | you win over | |
| ils / elles | conquièrent | they win over |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce chanteur conquiert un nouveau public avec cet album.
This singer wins over a new audience with this album.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai conquis | I won over | |
| tu | as conquis | you won over | |
| il / elle / on | a conquis | he / she / it won overon: we won over / one won over | |
| nous | avons conquis | we won over | |
| vous | avez conquis | you won over | |
| ils / elles | ont conquis | they won over |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce chanteur a conquis un nouveau public avec cet album.
Yesterday, this singer won over a new audience with this album.
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’ | conquérais | I used to win over | |
| tu | conquérais | you used to win over | |
| il / elle / on | conquérait | he / she / it used to win overon: we used to win over / one used to win over | |
| nous | conquérions | we used to win over | |
| vous | conquériez | you used to win over | |
| ils / elles | conquéraient | they used to win over |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce chanteur conquérait un nouveau public avec cet album.
Back then, this singer used to win over a new audience with this album.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conquerrai | I will win over | |
| tu | conquerras | you will win over | |
| il / elle / on | conquerra | he / she / it will win overon: we will win over / one will win over | |
| nous | conquerrons | we will win over | |
| vous | conquerrez | you will win over | |
| ils / elles | conquerront | they will win over |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce chanteur conquerra un nouveau public avec cet album.
Later, this singer will win over a new audience with this album.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conquerrais | I would win over | |
| tu | conquerrais | you would win over | |
| il / elle / on | conquerrait | he / she / it would win overon: we would win over / one would win over | |
| nous | conquerrions | we would win over | |
| vous | conquerriez | you would win over | |
| ils / elles | conquerraient | they would win over |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce chanteur conquerrait un nouveau public avec cet album.
This singer would win over a new audience with this album.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conquière | (that) I win over | |
| tu | conquières | (that) you win over | |
| il / elle / on | conquière | (that) he / she / it wins overon: (that) we win over / one wins over | |
| nous | conquérions | (that) we win over | |
| vous | conquériez | (that) you win over | |
| ils / elles | conquièrent | (that) they win over |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce chanteur conquière un nouveau public avec cet album.
It is possible that this singer wins over a new audience with this album.
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 conquer, to capture
- to win, to win over
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