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 disturb.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dérange | I disturb | |
| tu | déranges | you disturb | |
| il / elle / on | dérange | he / she / it disturbson: we disturb / one disturbs | |
| nous | dérangeons | we disturb | |
| vous | dérangez | you disturb | |
| ils / elles | dérangent | they disturb |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce bruit dérange les voisins.
This noise disturbs the neighbours.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai dérangé | I disturbed | |
| tu | as dérangé | you disturbed | |
| il / elle / on | a dérangé | he / she / it disturbedon: we disturbed / one disturbed | |
| nous | avons dérangé | we disturbed | |
| vous | avez dérangé | you disturbed | |
| ils / elles | ont dérangé | they disturbed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce bruit a dérangé les voisins.
Yesterday, this noise disturbed the neighbours.
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’ | dérangeais | I used to disturb | |
| tu | dérangeais | you used to disturb | |
| il / elle / on | dérangeait | he / she / it used to disturbon: we used to disturb / one used to disturb | |
| nous | dérangions | we used to disturb | |
| vous | dérangiez | you used to disturb | |
| ils / elles | dérangeaient | they used to disturb |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce bruit dérangeait les voisins.
Back then, this noise used to disturb the neighbours.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dérangerai | I will disturb | |
| tu | dérangeras | you will disturb | |
| il / elle / on | dérangera | he / she / it will disturbon: we will disturb / one will disturb | |
| nous | dérangerons | we will disturb | |
| vous | dérangerez | you will disturb | |
| ils / elles | dérangeront | they will disturb |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce bruit dérangera les voisins.
Later, this noise will disturb the neighbours.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dérangerais | I would disturb | |
| tu | dérangerais | you would disturb | |
| il / elle / on | dérangerait | he / she / it would disturbon: we would disturb / one would disturb | |
| nous | dérangerions | we would disturb | |
| vous | dérangeriez | you would disturb | |
| ils / elles | dérangeraient | they would disturb |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce bruit dérangerait les voisins.
This noise would disturb the neighbours.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dérange | (that) I disturb | |
| tu | déranges | (that) you disturb | |
| il / elle / on | dérange | (that) he / she / it disturbson: (that) we disturb / one disturbs | |
| nous | dérangions | (that) we disturb | |
| vous | dérangiez | (that) you disturb | |
| ils / elles | dérangent | (that) they disturb |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce bruit dérange les voisins.
It is possible that this noise disturbs the neighbours.
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 bother; to disrupt
- to disarray/disarrange (throw into disorder)
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