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 consider.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | considère | I consider | |
| tu | considères | you consider | |
| il / elle / on | considère | he / she / it considerson: we consider / one considers | |
| nous | considérons | we consider | |
| vous | considérez | you consider | |
| ils / elles | considèrent | they consider |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul considère toutes les possibilités.
Paul considers all the possibilities.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai considéré | I considered | |
| tu | as considéré | you considered | |
| il / elle / on | a considéré | he / she / it consideredon: we considered / one considered | |
| nous | avons considéré | we considered | |
| vous | avez considéré | you considered | |
| ils / elles | ont considéré | they considered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a considéré toutes les possibilités.
Yesterday, Paul considered all the possibilities.
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’ | considérais | I used to consider | |
| tu | considérais | you used to consider | |
| il / elle / on | considérait | he / she / it used to consideron: we used to consider / one used to consider | |
| nous | considérions | we used to consider | |
| vous | considériez | you used to consider | |
| ils / elles | considéraient | they used to consider |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul considérait toutes les possibilités.
Back then, Paul used to consider all the possibilities.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | considèrerai / considérerai | I will consider | |
| tu | considèreras / considéreras | you will consider | |
| il / elle / on | considèrera / considérera | he / she / it will consideron: we will consider / one will consider | |
| nous | considèrerons / considérerons | we will consider | |
| vous | considèrerez / considérerez | you will consider | |
| ils / elles | considèreront / considéreront | they will consider |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul considèrera toutes les possibilités.
Later, Paul will consider all the possibilities.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | considèrerais / considérerais | I would consider | |
| tu | considèrerais / considérerais | you would consider | |
| il / elle / on | considèrerait / considérerait | he / she / it would consideron: we would consider / one would consider | |
| nous | considèrerions / considérerions | we would consider | |
| vous | considèreriez / considéreriez | you would consider | |
| ils / elles | considèreraient / considéreraient | they would consider |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul considèrerait toutes les possibilités.
Paul would consider all the possibilities.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | considère | (that) I consider | |
| tu | considères | (that) you consider | |
| il / elle / on | considère | (that) he / she / it considerson: (that) we consider / one considers | |
| nous | considérions | (that) we consider | |
| vous | considériez | (that) you consider | |
| ils / elles | considèrent | (that) they consider |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul considère toutes les possibilités.
It is possible that Paul considers all the possibilities.
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 consider; to regard
- to consider (to look at)
- to consider (to think about)
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