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 unroll.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déroule | I unroll | |
| tu | déroules | you unroll | |
| il / elle / on | déroule | he / she / it unrollson: we unroll / one unrolls | |
| nous | déroulons | we unroll | |
| vous | déroulez | you unroll | |
| ils / elles | déroulent | they unroll |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul déroule le tapis dans le salon.
Paul unrolls the rug in the living room.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai déroulé | I unrolled | |
| tu | as déroulé | you unrolled | |
| il / elle / on | a déroulé | he / she / it unrolledon: we unrolled / one unrolled | |
| nous | avons déroulé | we unrolled | |
| vous | avez déroulé | you unrolled | |
| ils / elles | ont déroulé | they unrolled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a déroulé le tapis dans le salon.
Yesterday, Paul unrolled the rug in the living room.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déroulais | I used to unroll | |
| tu | déroulais | you used to unroll | |
| il / elle / on | déroulait | he / she / it used to unrollon: we used to unroll / one used to unroll | |
| nous | déroulions | we used to unroll | |
| vous | dérouliez | you used to unroll | |
| ils / elles | déroulaient | they used to unroll |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul déroulait le tapis dans le salon.
Back then, Paul used to unroll the rug in the living room.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déroulerai | I will unroll | |
| tu | dérouleras | you will unroll | |
| il / elle / on | déroulera | he / she / it will unrollon: we will unroll / one will unroll | |
| nous | déroulerons | we will unroll | |
| vous | déroulerez | you will unroll | |
| ils / elles | dérouleront | they will unroll |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul déroulera le tapis dans le salon.
Later, Paul will unroll the rug in the living room.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déroulerais | I would unroll | |
| tu | déroulerais | you would unroll | |
| il / elle / on | déroulerait | he / she / it would unrollon: we would unroll / one would unroll | |
| nous | déroulerions | we would unroll | |
| vous | dérouleriez | you would unroll | |
| ils / elles | dérouleraient | they would unroll |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul déroulerait le tapis dans le salon.
Paul would unroll the rug in the living room.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | déroule | (that) I unroll | |
| tu | déroules | (that) you unroll | |
| il / elle / on | déroule | (that) he / she / it unrollson: (that) we unroll / one unrolls | |
| nous | déroulions | (that) we unroll | |
| vous | dérouliez | (that) you unroll | |
| ils / elles | déroulent | (that) they unroll |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul déroule le tapis dans le salon.
It is possible that Paul unrolls the rug in the living room.
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 unroll
- to break
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