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 satisfy.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | contente | I satisfy | |
| tu | contentes | you satisfy | |
| il / elle / on | contente | he / she / it satisfieson: we satisfy / one satisfies | |
| nous | contentons | we satisfy | |
| vous | contentez | you satisfy | |
| ils / elles | contentent | they satisfy |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce résultat contente les deux équipes.
This result satisfies both teams.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai contenté | I satisfied | |
| tu | as contenté | you satisfied | |
| il / elle / on | a contenté | he / she / it satisfiedon: we satisfied / one satisfied | |
| nous | avons contenté | we satisfied | |
| vous | avez contenté | you satisfied | |
| ils / elles | ont contenté | they satisfied |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce résultat a contenté les deux équipes.
Yesterday, this result satisfied both teams.
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’ | contentais | I used to satisfy | |
| tu | contentais | you used to satisfy | |
| il / elle / on | contentait | he / she / it used to satisfyon: we used to satisfy / one used to satisfy | |
| nous | contentions | we used to satisfy | |
| vous | contentiez | you used to satisfy | |
| ils / elles | contentaient | they used to satisfy |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce résultat contentait les deux équipes.
Back then, this result used to satisfy both teams.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | contenterai | I will satisfy | |
| tu | contenteras | you will satisfy | |
| il / elle / on | contentera | he / she / it will satisfyon: we will satisfy / one will satisfy | |
| nous | contenterons | we will satisfy | |
| vous | contenterez | you will satisfy | |
| ils / elles | contenteront | they will satisfy |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce résultat contentera les deux équipes.
Later, this result will satisfy both teams.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | contenterais | I would satisfy | |
| tu | contenterais | you would satisfy | |
| il / elle / on | contenterait | he / she / it would satisfyon: we would satisfy / one would satisfy | |
| nous | contenterions | we would satisfy | |
| vous | contenteriez | you would satisfy | |
| ils / elles | contenteraient | they would satisfy |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce résultat contenterait les deux équipes.
This result would satisfy both teams.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | contente | (that) I satisfy | |
| tu | contentes | (that) you satisfy | |
| il / elle / on | contente | (that) he / she / it satisfieson: (that) we satisfy / one satisfies | |
| nous | contentions | (that) we satisfy | |
| vous | contentiez | (that) you satisfy | |
| ils / elles | contentent | (that) they satisfy |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce résultat contente les deux équipes.
It is possible that this result satisfies both teams.
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 content, to satisfy
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