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 disable.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | désactive | I disable | |
| tu | désactives | you disable | |
| il / elle / on | désactive | he / she / it disableson: we disable / one disables | |
| nous | désactivons | we disable | |
| vous | désactivez | you disable | |
| ils / elles | désactivent | they disable |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul désactive les notifications sur son téléphone.
Paul disables the notifications on his phone.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai désactivé | I disabled | |
| tu | as désactivé | you disabled | |
| il / elle / on | a désactivé | he / she / it disabledon: we disabled / one disabled | |
| nous | avons désactivé | we disabled | |
| vous | avez désactivé | you disabled | |
| ils / elles | ont désactivé | they disabled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a désactivé les notifications sur son téléphone.
Yesterday, Paul disabled the notifications on his phone.
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’ | désactivais | I used to disable | |
| tu | désactivais | you used to disable | |
| il / elle / on | désactivait | he / she / it used to disableon: we used to disable / one used to disable | |
| nous | désactivions | we used to disable | |
| vous | désactiviez | you used to disable | |
| ils / elles | désactivaient | they used to disable |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul désactivait les notifications sur son téléphone.
Back then, Paul used to disable the notifications on his phone.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | désactiverai | I will disable | |
| tu | désactiveras | you will disable | |
| il / elle / on | désactivera | he / she / it will disableon: we will disable / one will disable | |
| nous | désactiverons | we will disable | |
| vous | désactiverez | you will disable | |
| ils / elles | désactiveront | they will disable |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul désactivera les notifications sur son téléphone.
Later, Paul will disable the notifications on his phone.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | désactiverais | I would disable | |
| tu | désactiverais | you would disable | |
| il / elle / on | désactiverait | he / she / it would disableon: we would disable / one would disable | |
| nous | désactiverions | we would disable | |
| vous | désactiveriez | you would disable | |
| ils / elles | désactiveraient | they would disable |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul désactiverait les notifications sur son téléphone.
Paul would disable the notifications on his phone.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | désactive | (that) I disable | |
| tu | désactives | (that) you disable | |
| il / elle / on | désactive | (that) he / she / it disableson: (that) we disable / one disables | |
| nous | désactivions | (that) we disable | |
| vous | désactiviez | (that) you disable | |
| ils / elles | désactivent | (that) they disable |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul désactive les notifications sur son téléphone.
It is possible that Paul disables the notifications on his phone.
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 disable, to turn off (to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
- to deactivate
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