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 conceal.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissimule | I conceal | |
| tu | dissimules | you conceal | |
| il / elle / on | dissimule | he / she / it concealson: we conceal / one conceals | |
| nous | dissimulons | we conceal | |
| vous | dissimulez | you conceal | |
| ils / elles | dissimulent | they conceal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul dissimule le cadeau derrière le canapé.
Paul conceals the gift behind the sofa.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai dissimulé | I concealed | |
| tu | as dissimulé | you concealed | |
| il / elle / on | a dissimulé | he / she / it concealedon: we concealed / one concealed | |
| nous | avons dissimulé | we concealed | |
| vous | avez dissimulé | you concealed | |
| ils / elles | ont dissimulé | they concealed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a dissimulé le cadeau derrière le canapé.
Yesterday, Paul concealed the gift behind the sofa.
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’ | dissimulais | I used to conceal | |
| tu | dissimulais | you used to conceal | |
| il / elle / on | dissimulait | he / she / it used to concealon: we used to conceal / one used to conceal | |
| nous | dissimulions | we used to conceal | |
| vous | dissimuliez | you used to conceal | |
| ils / elles | dissimulaient | they used to conceal |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul dissimulait le cadeau derrière le canapé.
Back then, Paul used to conceal the gift behind the sofa.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissimulerai | I will conceal | |
| tu | dissimuleras | you will conceal | |
| il / elle / on | dissimulera | he / she / it will concealon: we will conceal / one will conceal | |
| nous | dissimulerons | we will conceal | |
| vous | dissimulerez | you will conceal | |
| ils / elles | dissimuleront | they will conceal |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul dissimulera le cadeau derrière le canapé.
Later, Paul will conceal the gift behind the sofa.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissimulerais | I would conceal | |
| tu | dissimulerais | you would conceal | |
| il / elle / on | dissimulerait | he / she / it would concealon: we would conceal / one would conceal | |
| nous | dissimulerions | we would conceal | |
| vous | dissimuleriez | you would conceal | |
| ils / elles | dissimuleraient | they would conceal |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul dissimulerait le cadeau derrière le canapé.
Paul would conceal the gift behind the sofa.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dissimule | (that) I conceal | |
| tu | dissimules | (that) you conceal | |
| il / elle / on | dissimule | (that) he / she / it concealson: (that) we conceal / one conceals | |
| nous | dissimulions | (that) we conceal | |
| vous | dissimuliez | (that) you conceal | |
| ils / elles | dissimulent | (that) they conceal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul dissimule le cadeau derrière le canapé.
It is possible that Paul conceals the gift behind the sofa.
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 hide, to conceal
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