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 digest.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | digère | I digest | |
| tu | digères | you digest | |
| il / elle / on | digère | he / she / it digestson: we digest / one digests | |
| nous | digérons | we digest | |
| vous | digérez | you digest | |
| ils / elles | digèrent | they digest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul digère son repas sans difficulté.
Paul digests his meal without difficulty.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai digéré | I digested | |
| tu | as digéré | you digested | |
| il / elle / on | a digéré | he / she / it digestedon: we digested / one digested | |
| nous | avons digéré | we digested | |
| vous | avez digéré | you digested | |
| ils / elles | ont digéré | they digested |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a digéré son repas sans difficulté.
Yesterday, Paul digested his meal without difficulty.
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’ | digérais | I used to digest | |
| tu | digérais | you used to digest | |
| il / elle / on | digérait | he / she / it used to digeston: we used to digest / one used to digest | |
| nous | digérions | we used to digest | |
| vous | digériez | you used to digest | |
| ils / elles | digéraient | they used to digest |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul digérait son repas sans difficulté.
Back then, Paul used to digest his meal without difficulty.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | digèrerai / digérerai | I will digest | |
| tu | digèreras / digéreras | you will digest | |
| il / elle / on | digèrera / digérera | he / she / it will digeston: we will digest / one will digest | |
| nous | digèrerons / digérerons | we will digest | |
| vous | digèrerez / digérerez | you will digest | |
| ils / elles | digèreront / digéreront | they will digest |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul digèrera son repas sans difficulté.
Later, Paul will digest his meal without difficulty.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | digèrerais / digérerais | I would digest | |
| tu | digèrerais / digérerais | you would digest | |
| il / elle / on | digèrerait / digérerait | he / she / it would digeston: we would digest / one would digest | |
| nous | digèrerions / digérerions | we would digest | |
| vous | digèreriez / digéreriez | you would digest | |
| ils / elles | digèreraient / digéreraient | they would digest |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul digèrerait son repas sans difficulté.
Paul would digest his meal without difficulty.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | digère | (that) I digest | |
| tu | digères | (that) you digest | |
| il / elle / on | digère | (that) he / she / it digestson: (that) we digest / one digests | |
| nous | digérions | (that) we digest | |
| vous | digériez | (that) you digest | |
| ils / elles | digèrent | (that) they digest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul digère son repas sans difficulté.
It is possible that Paul digests his meal without difficulty.
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 digest
- to come to terms with, to accept
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