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 equip.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dote | I equip | |
| tu | dotes | you equip | |
| il / elle / on | dote | he / she / it equipson: we equip / one equips | |
| nous | dotons | we equip | |
| vous | dotez | you equip | |
| ils / elles | dotent | they equip |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul dote l'école de nouveaux ordinateurs.
Paul equips the school with new computers.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai doté | I equipped | |
| tu | as doté | you equipped | |
| il / elle / on | a doté | he / she / it equippedon: we equipped / one equipped | |
| nous | avons doté | we equipped | |
| vous | avez doté | you equipped | |
| ils / elles | ont doté | they equipped |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a doté l'école de nouveaux ordinateurs.
Yesterday, Paul equipped the school with new computers.
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’ | dotais | I used to equip | |
| tu | dotais | you used to equip | |
| il / elle / on | dotait | he / she / it used to equipon: we used to equip / one used to equip | |
| nous | dotions | we used to equip | |
| vous | dotiez | you used to equip | |
| ils / elles | dotaient | they used to equip |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul dotait l'école de nouveaux ordinateurs.
Back then, Paul used to equip the school with new computers.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | doterai | I will equip | |
| tu | doteras | you will equip | |
| il / elle / on | dotera | he / she / it will equipon: we will equip / one will equip | |
| nous | doterons | we will equip | |
| vous | doterez | you will equip | |
| ils / elles | doteront | they will equip |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul dotera l'école de nouveaux ordinateurs.
Later, Paul will equip the school with new computers.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | doterais | I would equip | |
| tu | doterais | you would equip | |
| il / elle / on | doterait | he / she / it would equipon: we would equip / one would equip | |
| nous | doterions | we would equip | |
| vous | doteriez | you would equip | |
| ils / elles | doteraient | they would equip |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul doterait l'école de nouveaux ordinateurs.
Paul would equip the school with new computers.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | dote | (that) I equip | |
| tu | dotes | (that) you equip | |
| il / elle / on | dote | (that) he / she / it equipson: (that) we equip / one equips | |
| nous | dotions | (that) we equip | |
| vous | dotiez | (that) you equip | |
| ils / elles | dotent | (that) they equip |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul dote l'école de nouveaux ordinateurs.
It is possible that Paul equips the school with new computers.
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 endow, donate
- to fund
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