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 suit.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conviens | I suit | |
| tu | conviens | you suit | |
| il / elle / on | convient | he / she / it suitson: we suit / one suits | |
| nous | convenons | we suit | |
| vous | convenez | you suit | |
| ils / elles | conviennent | they suit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Cet horaire convient à Paul.
This schedule suits Paul.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai convenu | I suited | |
| tu | as convenu | you suited | |
| il / elle / on | a convenu | he / she / it suitedon: we suited / one suited | |
| nous | avons convenu | we suited | |
| vous | avez convenu | you suited | |
| ils / elles | ont convenu | they suited |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, cet horaire a convenu à Paul.
Yesterday, this schedule suited Paul.
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’ | convenais | I used to suit | |
| tu | convenais | you used to suit | |
| il / elle / on | convenait | he / she / it used to suiton: we used to suit / one used to suit | |
| nous | convenions | we used to suit | |
| vous | conveniez | you used to suit | |
| ils / elles | convenaient | they used to suit |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, cet horaire convenait à Paul.
Back then, this schedule used to suit Paul.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conviendrai | I will suit | |
| tu | conviendras | you will suit | |
| il / elle / on | conviendra | he / she / it will suiton: we will suit / one will suit | |
| nous | conviendrons | we will suit | |
| vous | conviendrez | you will suit | |
| ils / elles | conviendront | they will suit |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, cet horaire conviendra à Paul.
Later, this schedule will suit Paul.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | conviendrais | I would suit | |
| tu | conviendrais | you would suit | |
| il / elle / on | conviendrait | he / she / it would suiton: we would suit / one would suit | |
| nous | conviendrions | we would suit | |
| vous | conviendriez | you would suit | |
| ils / elles | conviendraient | they would suit |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Cet horaire conviendrait à Paul.
This schedule would suit Paul.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | convienne | (that) I suit | |
| tu | conviennes | (that) you suit | |
| il / elle / on | convienne | (that) he / she / it suitson: (that) we suit / one suits | |
| nous | convenions | (that) we suit | |
| vous | conveniez | (that) you suit | |
| ils / elles | conviennent | (that) they suit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que cet horaire convienne à Paul.
It is possible that this schedule suits Paul.
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.”
The example uses convenir à, meaning suit, with avoir. Agreeing on something can involve a different construction.
Meaning & usage
- to suit; to agree
- to admit; to agree
- to suit; to be convenient for
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