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 develop.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | développe | I develop | |
| tu | développes | you develop | |
| il / elle / on | développe | he / she / it developson: we develop / one develops | |
| nous | développons | we develop | |
| vous | développez | you develop | |
| ils / elles | développent | they develop |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul développe une nouvelle application.
Paul develops a new application.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai développé | I developed | |
| tu | as développé | you developed | |
| il / elle / on | a développé | he / she / it developedon: we developed / one developed | |
| nous | avons développé | we developed | |
| vous | avez développé | you developed | |
| ils / elles | ont développé | they developed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a développé une nouvelle application.
Yesterday, Paul developed a new application.
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’ | développais | I used to develop | |
| tu | développais | you used to develop | |
| il / elle / on | développait | he / she / it used to developon: we used to develop / one used to develop | |
| nous | développions | we used to develop | |
| vous | développiez | you used to develop | |
| ils / elles | développaient | they used to develop |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul développait une nouvelle application.
Back then, Paul used to develop a new application.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | développerai | I will develop | |
| tu | développeras | you will develop | |
| il / elle / on | développera | he / she / it will developon: we will develop / one will develop | |
| nous | développerons | we will develop | |
| vous | développerez | you will develop | |
| ils / elles | développeront | they will develop |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul développera une nouvelle application.
Later, Paul will develop a new application.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | développerais | I would develop | |
| tu | développerais | you would develop | |
| il / elle / on | développerait | he / she / it would developon: we would develop / one would develop | |
| nous | développerions | we would develop | |
| vous | développeriez | you would develop | |
| ils / elles | développeraient | they would develop |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul développerait une nouvelle application.
Paul would develop a new application.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | développe | (that) I develop | |
| tu | développes | (that) you develop | |
| il / elle / on | développe | (that) he / she / it developson: (that) we develop / one develops | |
| nous | développions | (that) we develop | |
| vous | développiez | (that) you develop | |
| ils / elles | développent | (that) they develop |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul développe une nouvelle application.
It is possible that Paul develops a new application.
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 develop
- to deploy, unfold
- to code (an application)
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