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 correct.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | corrige | I correct | |
| tu | corriges | you correct | |
| il / elle / on | corrige | he / she / it correctson: we correct / one corrects | |
| nous | corrigeons | we correct | |
| vous | corrigez | you correct | |
| ils / elles | corrigent | they correct |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul corrige les erreurs dans son texte.
Paul corrects the errors in his text.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai corrigé | I corrected | |
| tu | as corrigé | you corrected | |
| il / elle / on | a corrigé | he / she / it correctedon: we corrected / one corrected | |
| nous | avons corrigé | we corrected | |
| vous | avez corrigé | you corrected | |
| ils / elles | ont corrigé | they corrected |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a corrigé les erreurs dans son texte.
Yesterday, Paul corrected the errors in his text.
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’ | corrigeais | I used to correct | |
| tu | corrigeais | you used to correct | |
| il / elle / on | corrigeait | he / she / it used to correcton: we used to correct / one used to correct | |
| nous | corrigions | we used to correct | |
| vous | corrigiez | you used to correct | |
| ils / elles | corrigeaient | they used to correct |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul corrigeait les erreurs dans son texte.
Back then, Paul used to correct the errors in his text.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | corrigerai | I will correct | |
| tu | corrigeras | you will correct | |
| il / elle / on | corrigera | he / she / it will correcton: we will correct / one will correct | |
| nous | corrigerons | we will correct | |
| vous | corrigerez | you will correct | |
| ils / elles | corrigeront | they will correct |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul corrigera les erreurs dans son texte.
Later, Paul will correct the errors in his text.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | corrigerais | I would correct | |
| tu | corrigerais | you would correct | |
| il / elle / on | corrigerait | he / she / it would correcton: we would correct / one would correct | |
| nous | corrigerions | we would correct | |
| vous | corrigeriez | you would correct | |
| ils / elles | corrigeraient | they would correct |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul corrigerait les erreurs dans son texte.
Paul would correct the errors in his text.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | corrige | (that) I correct | |
| tu | corriges | (that) you correct | |
| il / elle / on | corrige | (that) he / she / it correctson: (that) we correct / one corrects | |
| nous | corrigions | (that) we correct | |
| vous | corrigiez | (that) you correct | |
| ils / elles | corrigent | (that) they correct |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul corrige les erreurs dans son texte.
It is possible that Paul corrects the errors in his text.
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 correct
- to grade (US), to mark (UK)
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