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 resign.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démissionne | I resign | |
| tu | démissionnes | you resign | |
| il / elle / on | démissionne | he / she / it resignson: we resign / one resigns | |
| nous | démissionnons | we resign | |
| vous | démissionnez | you resign | |
| ils / elles | démissionnent | they resign |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul démissionne de son poste de trésorier.
Paul resigns from his position as treasurer.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai démissionné | I resigned | |
| tu | as démissionné | you resigned | |
| il / elle / on | a démissionné | he / she / it resignedon: we resigned / one resigned | |
| nous | avons démissionné | we resigned | |
| vous | avez démissionné | you resigned | |
| ils / elles | ont démissionné | they resigned |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a démissionné de son poste de trésorier.
Yesterday, Paul resigned from his position as treasurer.
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’ | démissionnais | I used to resign | |
| tu | démissionnais | you used to resign | |
| il / elle / on | démissionnait | he / she / it used to resignon: we used to resign / one used to resign | |
| nous | démissionnions | we used to resign | |
| vous | démissionniez | you used to resign | |
| ils / elles | démissionnaient | they used to resign |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul démissionnait de son poste de trésorier.
Back then, Paul used to resign from his position as treasurer.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démissionnerai | I will resign | |
| tu | démissionneras | you will resign | |
| il / elle / on | démissionnera | he / she / it will resignon: we will resign / one will resign | |
| nous | démissionnerons | we will resign | |
| vous | démissionnerez | you will resign | |
| ils / elles | démissionneront | they will resign |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul démissionnera de son poste de trésorier.
Later, Paul will resign from his position as treasurer.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démissionnerais | I would resign | |
| tu | démissionnerais | you would resign | |
| il / elle / on | démissionnerait | he / she / it would resignon: we would resign / one would resign | |
| nous | démissionnerions | we would resign | |
| vous | démissionneriez | you would resign | |
| ils / elles | démissionneraient | they would resign |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul démissionnerait de son poste de trésorier.
Paul would resign from his position as treasurer.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | démissionne | (that) I resign | |
| tu | démissionnes | (that) you resign | |
| il / elle / on | démissionne | (that) he / she / it resignson: (that) we resign / one resigns | |
| nous | démissionnions | (that) we resign | |
| vous | démissionniez | (that) you resign | |
| ils / elles | démissionnent | (that) they resign |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul démissionne de son poste de trésorier.
It is possible that Paul resigns from his position as treasurer.
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 resign
- to dismiss, make resign
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