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 emerge.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | émerge | I emerge | |
| tu | émerges | you emerge | |
| il / elle / on | émerge | he / she / it emergeson: we emerge / one emerges | |
| nous | émergeons | we emerge | |
| vous | émergez | you emerge | |
| ils / elles | émergent | they emerge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le sous-marin émerge de l'eau.
The submarine emerges from the water.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai émergé | I emerged | |
| tu | as émergé | you emerged | |
| il / elle / on | a émergé | he / she / it emergedon: we emerged / one emerged | |
| nous | avons émergé | we emerged | |
| vous | avez émergé | you emerged | |
| ils / elles | ont émergé | they emerged |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le sous-marin a émergé de l'eau.
Yesterday, the submarine emerged from the water.
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’ | émergeais | I used to emerge | |
| tu | émergeais | you used to emerge | |
| il / elle / on | émergeait | he / she / it used to emergeon: we used to emerge / one used to emerge | |
| nous | émergions | we used to emerge | |
| vous | émergiez | you used to emerge | |
| ils / elles | émergeaient | they used to emerge |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le sous-marin émergeait de l'eau.
Back then, the submarine used to emerge from the water.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | émergerai | I will emerge | |
| tu | émergeras | you will emerge | |
| il / elle / on | émergera | he / she / it will emergeon: we will emerge / one will emerge | |
| nous | émergerons | we will emerge | |
| vous | émergerez | you will emerge | |
| ils / elles | émergeront | they will emerge |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le sous-marin émergera de l'eau.
Later, the submarine will emerge from the water.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | émergerais | I would emerge | |
| tu | émergerais | you would emerge | |
| il / elle / on | émergerait | he / she / it would emergeon: we would emerge / one would emerge | |
| nous | émergerions | we would emerge | |
| vous | émergeriez | you would emerge | |
| ils / elles | émergeraient | they would emerge |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le sous-marin émergerait de l'eau.
The submarine would emerge from the water.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | émerge | (that) I emerge | |
| tu | émerges | (that) you emerge | |
| il / elle / on | émerge | (that) he / she / it emergeson: (that) we emerge / one emerges | |
| nous | émergions | (that) we emerge | |
| vous | émergiez | (that) you emerge | |
| ils / elles | émergent | (that) they emerge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le sous-marin émerge de l'eau.
It is possible that the submarine emerges from the water.
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 arrive at the top; to move upwards
- emerge (to come into view)
- to wake up
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