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 declare.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déclare | I declare | |
| tu | déclares | you declare | |
| il / elle / on | déclare | he / she / it declareson: we declare / one declares | |
| nous | déclarons | we declare | |
| vous | déclarez | you declare | |
| ils / elles | déclarent | they declare |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul déclare ses revenus aux impôts.
Paul declares his income to the tax authorities.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai déclaré | I declared | |
| tu | as déclaré | you declared | |
| il / elle / on | a déclaré | he / she / it declaredon: we declared / one declared | |
| nous | avons déclaré | we declared | |
| vous | avez déclaré | you declared | |
| ils / elles | ont déclaré | they declared |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a déclaré ses revenus aux impôts.
Yesterday, Paul declared his income to the tax authorities.
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’ | déclarais | I used to declare | |
| tu | déclarais | you used to declare | |
| il / elle / on | déclarait | he / she / it used to declareon: we used to declare / one used to declare | |
| nous | déclarions | we used to declare | |
| vous | déclariez | you used to declare | |
| ils / elles | déclaraient | they used to declare |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul déclarait ses revenus aux impôts.
Back then, Paul used to declare his income to the tax authorities.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déclarerai | I will declare | |
| tu | déclareras | you will declare | |
| il / elle / on | déclarera | he / she / it will declareon: we will declare / one will declare | |
| nous | déclarerons | we will declare | |
| vous | déclarerez | you will declare | |
| ils / elles | déclareront | they will declare |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul déclarera ses revenus aux impôts.
Later, Paul will declare his income to the tax authorities.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déclarerais | I would declare | |
| tu | déclarerais | you would declare | |
| il / elle / on | déclarerait | he / she / it would declareon: we would declare / one would declare | |
| nous | déclarerions | we would declare | |
| vous | déclareriez | you would declare | |
| ils / elles | déclareraient | they would declare |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul déclarerait ses revenus aux impôts.
Paul would declare his income to the tax authorities.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déclare | (that) I declare | |
| tu | déclares | (that) you declare | |
| il / elle / on | déclare | (that) he / she / it declareson: (that) we declare / one declares | |
| nous | déclarions | (that) we declare | |
| vous | déclariez | (that) you declare | |
| ils / elles | déclarent | (that) they declare |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul déclare ses revenus aux impôts.
It is possible that Paul declares his income to the tax authorities.
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 declare
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