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 create.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | crée | I create | |
| tu | crées | you create | |
| il / elle / on | crée | he / she / it createson: we create / one creates | |
| nous | créons | we create | |
| vous | créez | you create | |
| ils / elles | créent | they create |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul crée un jeu pour les enfants.
Paul creates a game for the children.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai créé | I created | |
| tu | as créé | you created | |
| il / elle / on | a créé | he / she / it createdon: we created / one created | |
| nous | avons créé | we created | |
| vous | avez créé | you created | |
| ils / elles | ont créé | they created |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a créé un jeu pour les enfants.
Yesterday, Paul created a game for the children.
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’ | créais | I used to create | |
| tu | créais | you used to create | |
| il / elle / on | créait | he / she / it used to createon: we used to create / one used to create | |
| nous | créions | we used to create | |
| vous | créiez | you used to create | |
| ils / elles | créaient | they used to create |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul créait un jeu pour les enfants.
Back then, Paul used to create a game for the children.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | créerai | I will create | |
| tu | créeras | you will create | |
| il / elle / on | créera | he / she / it will createon: we will create / one will create | |
| nous | créerons | we will create | |
| vous | créerez | you will create | |
| ils / elles | créeront | they will create |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul créera un jeu pour les enfants.
Later, Paul will create a game for the children.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | créerais | I would create | |
| tu | créerais | you would create | |
| il / elle / on | créerait | he / she / it would createon: we would create / one would create | |
| nous | créerions | we would create | |
| vous | créeriez | you would create | |
| ils / elles | créeraient | they would create |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul créerait un jeu pour les enfants.
Paul would create a game for the children.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | crée | (that) I create | |
| tu | crées | (that) you create | |
| il / elle / on | crée | (that) he / she / it createson: (that) we create / one creates | |
| nous | créions | (that) we create | |
| vous | créiez | (that) you create | |
| ils / elles | créent | (that) they create |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul crée un jeu pour les enfants.
It is possible that Paul creates a game for the children.
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 create
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