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 convert.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | convertis | I convert | |
| tu | convertis | you convert | |
| il / elle / on | convertit | he / she / it convertson: we convert / one converts | |
| nous | convertissons | we convert | |
| vous | convertissez | you convert | |
| ils / elles | convertissent | they convert |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul convertit les euros en dollars.
Paul converts euros into dollars.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai converti | I converted | |
| tu | as converti | you converted | |
| il / elle / on | a converti | he / she / it convertedon: we converted / one converted | |
| nous | avons converti | we converted | |
| vous | avez converti | you converted | |
| ils / elles | ont converti | they converted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a converti les euros en dollars.
Yesterday, Paul converted euros into dollars.
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’ | convertissais | I used to convert | |
| tu | convertissais | you used to convert | |
| il / elle / on | convertissait | he / she / it used to converton: we used to convert / one used to convert | |
| nous | convertissions | we used to convert | |
| vous | convertissiez | you used to convert | |
| ils / elles | convertissaient | they used to convert |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul convertissait les euros en dollars.
Back then, Paul used to convert euros into dollars.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | convertirai | I will convert | |
| tu | convertiras | you will convert | |
| il / elle / on | convertira | he / she / it will converton: we will convert / one will convert | |
| nous | convertirons | we will convert | |
| vous | convertirez | you will convert | |
| ils / elles | convertiront | they will convert |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul convertira les euros en dollars.
Later, Paul will convert euros into dollars.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | convertirais | I would convert | |
| tu | convertirais | you would convert | |
| il / elle / on | convertirait | he / she / it would converton: we would convert / one would convert | |
| nous | convertirions | we would convert | |
| vous | convertiriez | you would convert | |
| ils / elles | convertiraient | they would convert |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul convertirait les euros en dollars.
Paul would convert euros into dollars.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | convertisse | (that) I convert | |
| tu | convertisses | (that) you convert | |
| il / elle / on | convertisse | (that) he / she / it convertson: (that) we convert / one converts | |
| nous | convertissions | (that) we convert | |
| vous | convertissiez | (that) you convert | |
| ils / elles | convertissent | (that) they convert |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul convertisse les euros en dollars.
It is possible that Paul converts euros into dollars.
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 convert (change one thing into another)
- to convert (exchange one thing into another)
- to convert (to change someone's beliefs)
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