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 double.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | double | I double | |
| tu | doubles | you double | |
| il / elle / on | double | he / she / it doubleson: we double / one doubles | |
| nous | doublons | we double | |
| vous | doublez | you double | |
| ils / elles | doublent | they double |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul double la quantité de farine pour ce gâteau.
Paul doubles the amount of flour for this cake.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai doublé | I doubled | |
| tu | as doublé | you doubled | |
| il / elle / on | a doublé | he / she / it doubledon: we doubled / one doubled | |
| nous | avons doublé | we doubled | |
| vous | avez doublé | you doubled | |
| ils / elles | ont doublé | they doubled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a doublé la quantité de farine pour ce gâteau.
Yesterday, Paul doubled the amount of flour for this cake.
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’ | doublais | I used to double | |
| tu | doublais | you used to double | |
| il / elle / on | doublait | he / she / it used to doubleon: we used to double / one used to double | |
| nous | doublions | we used to double | |
| vous | doubliez | you used to double | |
| ils / elles | doublaient | they used to double |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul doublait la quantité de farine pour ce gâteau.
Back then, Paul used to double the amount of flour for this cake.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | doublerai | I will double | |
| tu | doubleras | you will double | |
| il / elle / on | doublera | he / she / it will doubleon: we will double / one will double | |
| nous | doublerons | we will double | |
| vous | doublerez | you will double | |
| ils / elles | doubleront | they will double |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul doublera la quantité de farine pour ce gâteau.
Later, Paul will double the amount of flour for this cake.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | doublerais | I would double | |
| tu | doublerais | you would double | |
| il / elle / on | doublerait | he / she / it would doubleon: we would double / one would double | |
| nous | doublerions | we would double | |
| vous | doubleriez | you would double | |
| ils / elles | doubleraient | they would double |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul doublerait la quantité de farine pour ce gâteau.
Paul would double the amount of flour for this cake.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | double | (that) I double | |
| tu | doubles | (that) you double | |
| il / elle / on | double | (that) he / she / it doubleson: (that) we double / one doubles | |
| nous | doublions | (that) we double | |
| vous | doubliez | (that) you double | |
| ils / elles | doublent | (that) they double |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul double la quantité de farine pour ce gâteau.
It is possible that Paul doubles the amount of flour for this cake.
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 double, duplicate
- to double-cross
- to overtake, pass
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