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 cooperate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coopère | I cooperate | |
| tu | coopères | you cooperate | |
| il / elle / on | coopère | he / she / it cooperateson: we cooperate / one cooperates | |
| nous | coopérons | we cooperate | |
| vous | coopérez | you cooperate | |
| ils / elles | coopèrent | they cooperate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul coopère avec ses voisins.
Paul cooperates with his neighbors.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai coopéré | I cooperated | |
| tu | as coopéré | you cooperated | |
| il / elle / on | a coopéré | he / she / it cooperatedon: we cooperated / one cooperated | |
| nous | avons coopéré | we cooperated | |
| vous | avez coopéré | you cooperated | |
| ils / elles | ont coopéré | they cooperated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a coopéré avec ses voisins.
Yesterday, Paul cooperated with his neighbors.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coopérais | I used to cooperate | |
| tu | coopérais | you used to cooperate | |
| il / elle / on | coopérait | he / she / it used to cooperateon: we used to cooperate / one used to cooperate | |
| nous | coopérions | we used to cooperate | |
| vous | coopériez | you used to cooperate | |
| ils / elles | coopéraient | they used to cooperate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul coopérait avec ses voisins.
Back then, Paul used to cooperate with his neighbors.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coopèrerai / coopérerai | I will cooperate | |
| tu | coopèreras / coopéreras | you will cooperate | |
| il / elle / on | coopèrera / coopérera | he / she / it will cooperateon: we will cooperate / one will cooperate | |
| nous | coopèrerons / coopérerons | we will cooperate | |
| vous | coopèrerez / coopérerez | you will cooperate | |
| ils / elles | coopèreront / coopéreront | they will cooperate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul coopèrera avec ses voisins.
Later, Paul will cooperate with his neighbors.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coopèrerais / coopérerais | I would cooperate | |
| tu | coopèrerais / coopérerais | you would cooperate | |
| il / elle / on | coopèrerait / coopérerait | he / she / it would cooperateon: we would cooperate / one would cooperate | |
| nous | coopèrerions / coopérerions | we would cooperate | |
| vous | coopèreriez / coopéreriez | you would cooperate | |
| ils / elles | coopèreraient / coopéreraient | they would cooperate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul coopèrerait avec ses voisins.
Paul would cooperate with his neighbors.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coopère | (that) I cooperate | |
| tu | coopères | (that) you cooperate | |
| il / elle / on | coopère | (that) he / she / it cooperateson: (that) we cooperate / one cooperates | |
| nous | coopérions | (that) we cooperate | |
| vous | coopériez | (that) you cooperate | |
| ils / elles | coopèrent | (that) they cooperate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul coopère avec ses voisins.
It is possible that Paul cooperates with his neighbors.
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 cooperate
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