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 deal.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | deale | I deal | |
| tu | deales | you deal | |
| il / elle / on | deale | he / she / it dealson: we deal / one deals | |
| nous | dealons | we deal | |
| vous | dealez | you deal | |
| ils / elles | dealent | they deal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le suspect deale de la drogue.
The suspect deals drugs.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai dealé | I dealt | |
| tu | as dealé | you dealt | |
| il / elle / on | a dealé | he / she / it dealton: we dealt / one dealt | |
| nous | avons dealé | we dealt | |
| vous | avez dealé | you dealt | |
| ils / elles | ont dealé | they dealt |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le suspect a dealé de la drogue.
Yesterday, the suspect dealt drugs.
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’ | dealais | I used to deal | |
| tu | dealais | you used to deal | |
| il / elle / on | dealait | he / she / it used to dealon: we used to deal / one used to deal | |
| nous | dealions | we used to deal | |
| vous | dealiez | you used to deal | |
| ils / elles | dealaient | they used to deal |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le suspect dealait de la drogue.
Back then, the suspect used to deal drugs.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dealerai | I will deal | |
| tu | dealeras | you will deal | |
| il / elle / on | dealera | he / she / it will dealon: we will deal / one will deal | |
| nous | dealerons | we will deal | |
| vous | dealerez | you will deal | |
| ils / elles | dealeront | they will deal |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le suspect dealera de la drogue.
Later, the suspect will deal drugs.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dealerais | I would deal | |
| tu | dealerais | you would deal | |
| il / elle / on | dealerait | he / she / it would dealon: we would deal / one would deal | |
| nous | dealerions | we would deal | |
| vous | dealeriez | you would deal | |
| ils / elles | dealeraient | they would deal |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le suspect dealerait de la drogue.
The suspect would deal drugs.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | deale | (that) I deal | |
| tu | deales | (that) you deal | |
| il / elle / on | deale | (that) he / she / it dealson: (that) we deal / one deals | |
| nous | dealions | (that) we deal | |
| vous | dealiez | (that) you deal | |
| ils / elles | dealent | (that) they deal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le suspect deale de la drogue.
It is possible that the suspect deals drugs.
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.”
Dealer is informal and refers here to selling illegal drugs.
Meaning & usage
- to deal (drugs)
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