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 dog-ear.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | corne | I dog-ear | |
| tu | cornes | you dog-ear | |
| il / elle / on | corne | he / she / it dog-earson: we dog-ear / one dog-ears | |
| nous | cornons | we dog-ear | |
| vous | cornez | you dog-ear | |
| ils / elles | cornent | they dog-ear |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul corne la page de son livre.
Paul dog-ears the page of his book.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai corné | I dog-eared | |
| tu | as corné | you dog-eared | |
| il / elle / on | a corné | he / she / it dog-earedon: we dog-eared / one dog-eared | |
| nous | avons corné | we dog-eared | |
| vous | avez corné | you dog-eared | |
| ils / elles | ont corné | they dog-eared |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a corné la page de son livre.
Yesterday, Paul dog-eared the page of his book.
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’ | cornais | I used to dog-ear | |
| tu | cornais | you used to dog-ear | |
| il / elle / on | cornait | he / she / it used to dog-earon: we used to dog-ear / one used to dog-ear | |
| nous | cornions | we used to dog-ear | |
| vous | corniez | you used to dog-ear | |
| ils / elles | cornaient | they used to dog-ear |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul cornait la page de son livre.
Back then, Paul used to dog-ear the page of his book.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | cornerai | I will dog-ear | |
| tu | corneras | you will dog-ear | |
| il / elle / on | cornera | he / she / it will dog-earon: we will dog-ear / one will dog-ear | |
| nous | cornerons | we will dog-ear | |
| vous | cornerez | you will dog-ear | |
| ils / elles | corneront | they will dog-ear |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul cornera la page de son livre.
Later, Paul will dog-ear the page of his book.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | cornerais | I would dog-ear | |
| tu | cornerais | you would dog-ear | |
| il / elle / on | cornerait | he / she / it would dog-earon: we would dog-ear / one would dog-ear | |
| nous | cornerions | we would dog-ear | |
| vous | corneriez | you would dog-ear | |
| ils / elles | corneraient | they would dog-ear |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul cornerait la page de son livre.
Paul would dog-ear the page of his book.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | corne | (that) I dog-ear | |
| tu | cornes | (that) you dog-ear | |
| il / elle / on | corne | (that) he / she / it dog-earson: (that) we dog-ear / one dog-ears | |
| nous | cornions | (that) we dog-ear | |
| vous | corniez | (that) you dog-ear | |
| ils / elles | cornent | (that) they dog-ear |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul corne la page de son livre.
It is possible that Paul dog-ears the page of his book.
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.”
Corner une page means turn down its corner, or dog-ear it.
Meaning & usage
- to fold a corner of a page
- to blow, horn (a cornet or horn)
- to bellow
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