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 move.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déménage | I move | |
| tu | déménages | you move | |
| il / elle / on | déménage | he / she / it moveson: we move / one moves | |
| nous | déménageons | we move | |
| vous | déménagez | you move | |
| ils / elles | déménagent | they move |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul déménage dans un appartement plus grand.
Paul moves into a larger flat.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai déménagé | I moved | |
| tu | as déménagé | you moved | |
| il / elle / on | a déménagé | he / she / it movedon: we moved / one moved | |
| nous | avons déménagé | we moved | |
| vous | avez déménagé | you moved | |
| ils / elles | ont déménagé | they moved |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a déménagé dans un appartement plus grand.
Yesterday, Paul moved into a larger flat.
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’ | déménageais | I used to move | |
| tu | déménageais | you used to move | |
| il / elle / on | déménageait | he / she / it used to moveon: we used to move / one used to move | |
| nous | déménagions | we used to move | |
| vous | déménagiez | you used to move | |
| ils / elles | déménageaient | they used to move |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul déménageait dans un appartement plus grand.
Back then, Paul used to move into a larger flat.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déménagerai | I will move | |
| tu | déménageras | you will move | |
| il / elle / on | déménagera | he / she / it will moveon: we will move / one will move | |
| nous | déménagerons | we will move | |
| vous | déménagerez | you will move | |
| ils / elles | déménageront | they will move |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul déménagera dans un appartement plus grand.
Later, Paul will move into a larger flat.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déménagerais | I would move | |
| tu | déménagerais | you would move | |
| il / elle / on | déménagerait | he / she / it would moveon: we would move / one would move | |
| nous | déménagerions | we would move | |
| vous | déménageriez | you would move | |
| ils / elles | déménageraient | they would move |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul déménagerait dans un appartement plus grand.
Paul would move into a larger flat.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déménage | (that) I move | |
| tu | déménages | (that) you move | |
| il / elle / on | déménage | (that) he / she / it moveson: (that) we move / one moves | |
| nous | déménagions | (that) we move | |
| vous | déménagiez | (that) you move | |
| ils / elles | déménagent | (that) they move |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul déménage dans un appartement plus grand.
It is possible that Paul moves into a larger flat.
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 move house; to move furniture
- to move (an object from a place to another)
- to move house
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