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 coordinate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coordonne | I coordinate | |
| tu | coordonnes | you coordinate | |
| il / elle / on | coordonne | he / she / it coordinateson: we coordinate / one coordinates | |
| nous | coordonnons | we coordinate | |
| vous | coordonnez | you coordinate | |
| ils / elles | coordonnent | they coordinate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul coordonne les travaux de rénovation.
Paul coordinates the renovation work.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai coordonné | I coordinated | |
| tu | as coordonné | you coordinated | |
| il / elle / on | a coordonné | he / she / it coordinatedon: we coordinated / one coordinated | |
| nous | avons coordonné | we coordinated | |
| vous | avez coordonné | you coordinated | |
| ils / elles | ont coordonné | they coordinated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a coordonné les travaux de rénovation.
Yesterday, Paul coordinated the renovation work.
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’ | coordonnais | I used to coordinate | |
| tu | coordonnais | you used to coordinate | |
| il / elle / on | coordonnait | he / she / it used to coordinateon: we used to coordinate / one used to coordinate | |
| nous | coordonnions | we used to coordinate | |
| vous | coordonniez | you used to coordinate | |
| ils / elles | coordonnaient | they used to coordinate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul coordonnait les travaux de rénovation.
Back then, Paul used to coordinate the renovation work.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coordonnerai | I will coordinate | |
| tu | coordonneras | you will coordinate | |
| il / elle / on | coordonnera | he / she / it will coordinateon: we will coordinate / one will coordinate | |
| nous | coordonnerons | we will coordinate | |
| vous | coordonnerez | you will coordinate | |
| ils / elles | coordonneront | they will coordinate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul coordonnera les travaux de rénovation.
Later, Paul will coordinate the renovation work.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coordonnerais | I would coordinate | |
| tu | coordonnerais | you would coordinate | |
| il / elle / on | coordonnerait | he / she / it would coordinateon: we would coordinate / one would coordinate | |
| nous | coordonnerions | we would coordinate | |
| vous | coordonneriez | you would coordinate | |
| ils / elles | coordonneraient | they would coordinate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul coordonnerait les travaux de rénovation.
Paul would coordinate the renovation work.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | coordonne | (that) I coordinate | |
| tu | coordonnes | (that) you coordinate | |
| il / elle / on | coordonne | (that) he / she / it coordinateson: (that) we coordinate / one coordinates | |
| nous | coordonnions | (that) we coordinate | |
| vous | coordonniez | (that) you coordinate | |
| ils / elles | coordonnent | (that) they coordinate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul coordonne les travaux de rénovation.
It is possible that Paul coordinates the renovation work.
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 coordinate, to organise thoroughly
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