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 eliminate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | élimine | I eliminate | |
| tu | élimines | you eliminate | |
| il / elle / on | élimine | he / she / it eliminateson: we eliminate / one eliminates | |
| nous | éliminons | we eliminate | |
| vous | éliminez | you eliminate | |
| ils / elles | éliminent | they eliminate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul élimine les erreurs de son texte.
Paul eliminates the errors in his text.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai éliminé | I eliminated | |
| tu | as éliminé | you eliminated | |
| il / elle / on | a éliminé | he / she / it eliminatedon: we eliminated / one eliminated | |
| nous | avons éliminé | we eliminated | |
| vous | avez éliminé | you eliminated | |
| ils / elles | ont éliminé | they eliminated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a éliminé les erreurs de son texte.
Yesterday, Paul eliminated the errors in his text.
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’ | éliminais | I used to eliminate | |
| tu | éliminais | you used to eliminate | |
| il / elle / on | éliminait | he / she / it used to eliminateon: we used to eliminate / one used to eliminate | |
| nous | éliminions | we used to eliminate | |
| vous | éliminiez | you used to eliminate | |
| ils / elles | éliminaient | they used to eliminate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul éliminait les erreurs de son texte.
Back then, Paul used to eliminate the errors in his text.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éliminerai | I will eliminate | |
| tu | élimineras | you will eliminate | |
| il / elle / on | éliminera | he / she / it will eliminateon: we will eliminate / one will eliminate | |
| nous | éliminerons | we will eliminate | |
| vous | éliminerez | you will eliminate | |
| ils / elles | élimineront | they will eliminate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul éliminera les erreurs de son texte.
Later, Paul will eliminate the errors in his text.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éliminerais | I would eliminate | |
| tu | éliminerais | you would eliminate | |
| il / elle / on | éliminerait | he / she / it would eliminateon: we would eliminate / one would eliminate | |
| nous | éliminerions | we would eliminate | |
| vous | élimineriez | you would eliminate | |
| ils / elles | élimineraient | they would eliminate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul éliminerait les erreurs de son texte.
Paul would eliminate the errors in his text.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | élimine | (that) I eliminate | |
| tu | élimines | (that) you eliminate | |
| il / elle / on | élimine | (that) he / she / it eliminateson: (that) we eliminate / one eliminates | |
| nous | éliminions | (that) we eliminate | |
| vous | éliminiez | (that) you eliminate | |
| ils / elles | éliminent | (that) they eliminate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul élimine les erreurs de son texte.
It is possible that Paul eliminates the errors in his text.
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 eliminate; to phase out
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